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The Volume of the Everyday
Zimoun is a Swiss sound and kinetic artist whose installations incorporate hundreds of everyday objects and simple movements to create a foreign experience for the viewer. He asks questions like, “What are the aesthetic and tonal qualities of cardboard in motion?” Traveling recently to see Volume, h
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The Curious Desert Memorials of Western China
LOS ANGELES — Deep in western China, in the deserts of Xinjiang Province, artist Lisa Ross photographed curious and colorful memorials, and she's showing them this month at UC Berkeley.
News
National Magazine Award Recognizes Utility of Poetry
LOS ANGELES — The POETRY App has been selected as a finalist for a National Magazine Award for Digital Media. As their press release noted, this is remarkable because the award basically recognizes that poetry — at least in the form of a cool app — has utility in our lives.
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Her Storybook Universe
To view Sarah McEneaney’s new show at Tibor de Nagy Gallery is to behold a storybook universe. Her colorful paintings sparkle on the wall like a diamond ring.
Opinion
Kehinde Wiley Paints Santigold
I'm as big a a fan of Santigold as anyone, “L.E.S. Artistes” (2008) may be one of my favorite songs by her, but her new cover is of particular interest to the art set.
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Werner Herzog: Whitney Biennial Contributor, But Don’t Call Him an Artist
Art lovers in attendance at last night’s conversation with Werner Herzog at the New York Public Library were fortunate enough to hear a little of the backstory behind Herzog’s participation in this year’s Whitney Biennial. The inclusion of the celebrated filmmaker in the exhibition took many art-wor
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The Brucennial Defends Nothing, Represents Everything
Since it’s founding in 2001, The Bruce High Quality Foundation has been using performance and pranks to critique the art world. The collective prides itself on “developing amateur solutions to professional challenges.” I’ve admired their irony, even envied their sense of anarchy.
Opinion
The Popping Soundscape of Electronic Media
LOS ANGELES — There are sounds all around. Clicks and taps from keyboards, pings and pongs from phones, honks and heys from the streets. It's a treasure trove out there for sound artists.
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Art Rx
This week, it's time to prepare for the New York art fairs! Well, not quite yet. Until that frenzy begins we suggest you sit down, read this list and consider doing something more cerebral, like two art tours in Brooklyn, a quirky -nnial known as the Brucennial, retrospectives by Dr. Seuss and Edwar
News
Former Billionaire Works to Preserve China's Cultural Heritage
LOS ANGELES — A new report in China Daily points to "former billionaire" Wang Yongchao in Shaanxi, China, who's been snatching up priceless antiques and cultural relics. But rather than sell them for profit, he's become a one-man movement to preserve China's cultural heritage.
Books
Eating White Fungus
For the past week, White Fungus, a Taiwanese art magazine, was tucked under my arm as I frolicked and gallivanted through New York. I realize that some people love to sit at home, drink peppermint tea and read in bed. But I go out.