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DAVOS, Switzerland — Does art change the world? The World Economic Forum would have you think so. The WEF is meant to bring important people together to create world change, but how can art participate in the cause?
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A look at some of the unveiling of Art Hack Day at 319 Scholes.
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LOS ANGELES — If some reject the idea that culture can be engaged with through your smartphone, others are finding ways to do exactly that, particularly using Twitter.
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Last Friday, January 27, an otherwise uneventful evening of art-gazing was interrupted when Occupy Museums, a subgroup of Occupy Wall Street, made its way to midtown Manhattan to give MoMA visitors a lot more to see than they paid for when the movement infiltrated the institution's atrium.
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It’s a cruel world that makes a thief out of an adoring fan. Erik den Breejen is a keen Beach Boys fan and one who knows, now, what the back of a beloved hand feels like.
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For Co.Design recently, Bruce Nussbaum reflected on the idea of "indie capitalism," a form of small scale, independent capitalism focused more on makers and communities ...
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The heart of a society is most open when dealing with death. Its spoken and unspoken fears and hopes, both for life and the afterlife, are embedded in rituals of remembrance and memorial. In China, this has taken the form of detailed objects made of Joss paper that are burned for the deceased.
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This week, the guys over at NYPL Labs launched their Stereogranimator, which promises to revive interest in the 40,000-strong vintage stereograms in their collection.
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Tip #10: "Be prepared to hang onto the art you buy for some time. One of the major selling points for any work at auction is that it is fresh to the market. Buying today and selling tomorrow is out." The full list is here [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204542404577158551809756644.htm
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Indian artist Navin Thomas recently recieved a bunch of press for winning the SKODA prize for Indian contemporary art. Unfortunately his latest sound installation at Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi is garnering attention for an entirely different reason.
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Today, we received the following email response to our request for comment from Alison Klayman, the filmmaker behind the award-winning documentary.