Interview
By definition, performance art is transitory. It’s sometimes spontaneous. It’s often interactive. And it’s always an experience. It isn’t, however, a tangible object like, say, a painting, sculpture or even a string of musical chords on paper. And so, we’re left with a perplexing question: can perfo
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After a decade of being graffiti free, one legendary spot on the Brooklyn Bridge gets hit.
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Yesterday, artist Odd Nerdrum lost his appeal in Norwegian courts this week and, in a strange twist of fate, he will receive an even longer jail sentence than the one he was appealing.
Art
The town of Basel, located on a bendy segment of the River Rhein, is where France, Germany and Switzerland meet. Basel is not the place to go if you are on a budget; if you have to ask the price of a wiener and a pint, you probably can’t afford it. Each year in June the art world power elite comes t
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This week the doctor prescribes a bike ride around Brooklyn, with stops in Williamsburg, Gowanus and Cobble Hill.
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The Chelsea Hotel may no longer be the artistic haven it once was, but artists looking for a friendly place where they can barter artwork for lodging need look no farther than ... Sweden!
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While the world is looking in another direction art flourishes in the African country of Zambia on a shoestring. The desire of Zambian artists to create is so strong that they will use anything. From burlap sacks to car paint, even old bed sheets are often used in the place of canvases as the materi
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LOS ANGELES — Things are not what they seem in Culver City’s Carmichael Gallery. At first glance, the inscrutable smiles in Beijing-based artist Yue Minjun’s self-portraits express mirth or merriment.
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Lady Liberty receives more than 3.5 million tourists every year. But how does that match up with some of New York’s other public art that do not have ticket sales to track attendance? For stats we turn to Foursquare.
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By midnight, we all had salt in our shoes: men and women were rolling down the 10-foot-high salt pyramids, artists were walking back to the ferry after a day's worth of preparation and performance and John Bonafede had finished his piece "Color Cycle 2," after biking in place for six straight hours.
Opinion
Mickey Smith's Dark Side of the Lens is a gorgeous meditation of creative life as told through life on the sea.
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — Ever since Instagram sold for a cool billion and opened up to Android, its service has only grown in popularity.