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Art Rx
This is largely the week of the solo exhibition, but if you need get outside for a change, head to Rockaway Beach for artistic sandcastles.
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How Does the LA Scene Measure Up (Literally) with NYC?
You know the tired old cliche about LA sprawl? It appears to be true about the city's art world.
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Who to Follow on Instagram: Art Edition
I adore Instagram, and while I'm still wondering how the Facebook acquisition will impact this jewel of a smartphone photo-sharing service, here are some art-related people, institutions and accounts you should follow to inject some arty content into the palm of your hand.
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If You Tax Them, They Will Come (to the Museum)
A week ago, voters in Michigan's Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties passed a millage to help save the Detroit Institute of Arts from a dire financial situation. And then, I guess to celebrate, they all went to the museum.
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Big Art in Chicago
CHICAGO — Navy Pier is the thing with the giant ferris wheel on it that juts out from Chicago's lakefront into Lake Michigan. It also plays host every year to an outdoor art installation of sculptures by international artists. This year features works by Antony Caro, Roy Lichtenstein, Nancy Rubins,
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Contemplating Kitsch in Provincetown
I would never have paid any attention to Kennedy Gallery and Studios if Michele hadn’t wanted to stop at Box Lunch, down the alley in the back. But she did. So I waited on Commercial Street with the bikes and found myself in front of the gallery actually looking at picture after picture of sunny ski
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The Sounds of Murder
The congregating of crows to mourn is part of the inspiration beind the flock of black box speakers in "The Murder of Crows," a disorienting sound installation by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller in the Park Avenue Armory.
Opinion
All You Really Need to Know About Gallery Girls
Yes, it's essentially Mean Girls in a gallery.
Opinion
Very Public Regrets
You might say we're a society of oversharers. Memoirs are our bestsellers these days, and ordinary people pour their hearts out in front of cameras on reality TV shows. Someone has had the bright idea to turn our penchant for confession into public art.
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In Closing Remarks, Pussy Riot Grrrl Delivers Manifesto
Those who've been following the news out of Russia know that three members of feminist punk collective Pussy Riot are currently on trial for rushing the altar and playing an anti-Putin song in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The women called their song, which is titled "Virgin Mary, Chase Putin
Opinion
Beyoncé Art Tumblr?
Gawker has discovered Beyoncé's tumblelog and writer Caity Weaver thinks it's art … or something.
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Over 200 Artworks Missing from Turkish Museum ... since 1980?!
The Turkish government has admitted that some 202 artworks are missing from the State Art and Sculpture Museum in Ankara. The Culture and Tourism Ministry waited until last week to release details of a report conducted in 2010, which found that of the 202 missing pieces, 46 objects had been replaced