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Moscow Court Censors Pussy Riot Videos, Calling Them "Extremist"
A Moscow court has ruled that four videos by punk-art-protest band Pussy Riot are "extremist," and websites hosting the videos must remove them or pay fines.
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Street Artist Behind NYC Drone Posters Arrested
The New York Daily News reports that Essam Attia, the street artist behind the spy-drone PSA posters that popped up around the city last summer, has been arrested by the New York Police Department.
Art
The Dark and Funny Paintings of a Skeleton-Clown
This weekend is your last chance to take in the colorful and wry paintings of Scooter LaForge, in his exhibition Super Powers and Special Abilities at Munch Gallery. A New Yorker to the core, LaForge makes works that are brash and whimsical, tough and sweet, and infused with a humor that's both dark
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2014 Whitney Biennial to Feature 3 Curators on 3 Floors
In the New York Times, Carol Vogel reports on the future of the Whitney Biennial, that ever-controversial summary of American art. For the 2014 edition of the show, there are a few new surprises — mainly, that the old, monolithic model of curating has been totally dismantled.
Opinion
Is Deitch's Time at MOCA Running Out?
After a shaky few months in which the gallerist-turned-museum director has faced mounting criticism and opposition for his questionable tactics running the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeffrey Deitch may be on his way out.
Opinion
See the Work of GO Brooklyn's 5 Winning Artists
Last September, GO Brooklyn presented a chance for New York locals to discover a new side of non-traditional art neighborhoods, with 1,708 artists opening their studios to visitors in areas like Fort Greene, Crown Heights, and even Coney Island. After a round of voting and a final list of 10 nominee
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Founded by Twin Artists, a Residency and Foundation Brightens Vietnam's Art Scene
HUE, Vietnam — Brothers Thanh and Hai Le are at the center of the contemporary art scene in Hue, the Imperial City, located on the coast midway between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. They have a frenetic and positive energy, and everyone in Hue seems to know who they are. They have relationships with e
Books
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Is Andy Warhol?
The memoirs penned by the late Andy Warhol (with help from his assistant Pat Hackett), The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: from A to B and Back Again, Popism: The Warhol Sixties, and the Andy Warhol Diaries, are more like an extension of his artwork than they are great works of prose.
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One Up! Museum of Modern Art Acquires Its First Classic Video Games as Art
Hyperallergic has learned that through a quiet acquisition process undertaken over the past year led by architecture and design curator Paola Antonelli, the Museum of Modern Art has brought 14 video games into its collection as a "new category" of artwork.
Books
Now Dig This! Too Obtuse to Read?
At roughly 350 pages, Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980, is a conceptually massive, literally heavy and generally ambitious catalogue that questions our expectations of what an exhibition catalogue should be.
Art
Culture Hoarders
Looking back on my firsthand experience with The National Arts Club, the concept of it being a bastion of a hoarding ground zero (as it became, depicted in the picture above, under the tenure of President O. Alden James) wouldn't have really rung true for me unless you were referencing a clown car o
Opinion
What Does Free Museum Membership Look Like?
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) has announced that come January 21, two aspects of the museum will be free: general admission (cool!) and memberships (wait, what?).