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VIDEO: Ai Weiwei Goes Gangnam Style
With this one, the title pretty much says it all. Ai Weiwei's entire studio has participated in a remake of South Korean rapper PSY's epic global pop hit "Gangnam Style."
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The Failures (and Some Successes) of Jeffrey Deitch in LA
The insular art world likes its public follies almost as much as Hollywood. We're constantly looking for the latest slip-up, the misspoken press statement or flubbed exhibition. That's why the trials and travails of Jeffrey Deitch as the director of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art have be
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A View from the Easel
Artist studios in California, Colorado, Illinois, Quebec, and Virginia.
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Surreal Sculptures Remixing Nature Provoke Environmentalist Concerns
CHICAGO, Illinois — Walking down an urban Chicago street on a quiet Sunday afternoon, I noticed a gathering of greenery nestled in the crack of a sidewalk jutting up against a cement wall. These small moments of nature poking through the urban landscape reveal themselves when we are not paying atten
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If You Hate Your Children and Love Art, Dress Them Like This for Halloween
It's that time of year again and this is our warning not to (or are we encouraging you?) dress your children like you hate them but love art. Here are a few ideas.
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The Kamikaze, The Temptress, The Manipulator, The Guru and Other Asian-American Stereotypes
Marvels & Monsters and Alt.Comics, the current tag team exhibition at Museum of Chinese in America, offers a one-two punch that unmasks the American comic book industry’s often conflicted relationship with Asians and Asian-Americans.
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Memoto Makes Lifecasting Way Easier Than Instagram
Want to join the millions of people already broadcasting their breakfasts, pets, and street-art finds on Instagram but don't want to mess with your iPhone? A new clip-on camera from the Swedish company Memoto makes lifecasting (or "lifelogging," as they refer to it) as easy as getting dressed in the
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Aspen Art Museum Keeps Lance Armstrong on Its Board
Apparently, doping doesn't matter so much in the art world. Even though sponsors like Nike, Anheuser-Busch, Oakley, and others have decided to drop Lance Armstrong following his expulsion from the world of cycling, the Aspen Art Museum is keeping the athlete on its board.
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I'm Never Doing Enough
Always.Have.To.Do.More.
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Fluxus for the Linux Generation
New York is a city awash in information. If your body was a receiver can you imagine how overwhelmed by senseless Facebook updates and spam mail it would be? It goes without saying that the more connected we are the more unavoidable digital reality becomes. This does not exclude the white walls of t
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Art Rx
This week, the doctor recommends a discussion about local government to help with all your political ailments, plus the first ever Chelsea Sound, an art and music festival; a Public Art Fund artist talk; a round table about art writing; avant-garde animation, and more.
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The Fantastic and Revelatory Story of Art and Black LA
On first glance, some may wonder why MoMA PS1, a New York contemporary art museum, has just opened a historical exhibition of art from Los Angeles. But as MoMA PS1 curator Peter Eleey explained at the press preview last week, the show in question, Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980, a