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Coca-Cola Takes Down CocaColla Art Blog
Getting a cease-and-desist letter from a major corporation pretty much sucks, but it can’t exactly be a huge surprise if you’ve been using, say, the name Coca-Cola, only slightly modified.
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Shepard Fairey Pleads Guilty to Contempt Charge in Manhattan District Court
The ordeal over Shepard Fairey's Obama Hope image has turned a new corner when today the LA-based artist pled guilty to one count of criminal contempt for destroying documents, manufacturing evidence and other misconduct in civil litigation against the Associated Press regarding his world-renowned "
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The Shoes That Almost Started a Riot
These Obsidian/Anthracite-Black fugly things are responsible for a potential mall riot in Orlandso, Florida? Yes, that's right. The release of Nike Air Foamposite One NRG “Galaxy” inspired a 1,000 people to show for the sale of the glow-in-the-dark sole sneakers.
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Talking Tech: A Report from the College Art Association Conference
LOS ANGELES — It's just been the first two days at the College Art Association conference, and people are talking tech. Or maybe I'm just attending the tech-oriented panels. The first panel I sat on spoke on internationalizing the practice of art history. Immediately, it felt like the voice of God w
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Risky Business
A liver shot in boxing is a short, quick body punch delivered to the liver with a left hook. The effect can be devastating. (Bernard Hopkins knocked out Oscar De La Hoya with such a shot.) Unfortunately, the tool is often overlooked in today's prizefights, as boxers prefer headhunting with right-han
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A Place for Books in a City Where Little Else is Free
Public libraries are a beautiful idea and they're rather universally loved but recently some artists have been engaging with the very idea and exploring its potential to be truly accessible at all times.
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Not Everything is Performance Art, People
Today, one writer at The Atlantic has throw her hat into the whole "if it's strange then it must be performance art" line of thinking, which is starting to aggravate me.
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Something That Should Be ART But Isn't
Some things should be art but alas they rrally aren't. This is one of them. Rick Santorum immortalized "in" gay porn.
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Planned Obsolescence or Our Smartphone Leashes
Ben Bunch’s new show, Twenty-First Century Freemasonry, is a riotous amalgamation of computer part entrails, circuit boards and wires in overclocked colors.
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A Public Library Made From a Phone Booth
LOS ANGELES — His name is almost too perfect for an artist-architect engaging with urban space. John Locke, not to be confused with the late Father of Liberalism, has been marrying two soon-to-be archaic devices in a charming way. Traveling around Manhattan, he's been carrying objects called books a
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View from the Easel, Part 5
CHICAGO — The fifth installment of a series in which artists send me a photo and a description of their workspace. Today we visit studios in Chicago, New York, Montreal, Arizona and Baltimore.
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Art Rx
This week we're sending you to a closing party in the Bronx, performance in Bushwick, a panel on Architectural criticism in the Village and the soon-to-be-opened 2012 Whitney Biennial on the Upper East Side. But don't get stressed, since you can cleanse it all away with a final visit to Doug Wheeler