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Art Rx
This weeks, art handlers stage a takeover of a Chelsea gallery, plus shows opening about freeness, queerness and the post-Olympic city.
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Books
Art Cannot Provide a Way Out
In 2006, art historian Claire Bishop lit a fire under the collective seat of the art world with her Artforum piece “The Social Turn: Collaboration and its Discontents.” It set off — as much as any essay in the hermetic and staid world of contemporary art theory can — an uproar. Her new book takes it
News
Christo Announces Indefinite Delay in Colorado
The artist Christo appeared in Cañon City, Colorado, yesterday to announce the postponement of his controversial "Over the River" project. The 77-year-old artist did not give a new date for the project, saying only that the current legal issues need to be resolved before the work can go forward.
Opinion
Jeff Koons' Pseudo-Spiritual Explanation of Art on Colbert Nation
Koons was on Colbert last night and his discussion of art came across as pseudo-spiritual at best.
Opinion
Sustainable Buddhas Made of Cardboard
LOS ANGELES —Travel around East and Southeast Asia enough and you'll invariably come across at least one big Buddha. Cut from stone or marble or any other substantive material, they dominate the room with their presence. Then there's Kobe-based sculptor Yuji Honbori.
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A View from the Easel
This week, studios in California, Illinois, Rhode Island and New Zealand.
Art
The Online Transformation of the New Museum
Here at Hyperallergic we remember the days when The New Museum, and their then chief curator Richard Flood, were most commonly associated with an unfortunate statement that equated bloggers with prairie dogs. Those out-of-touch days are no longer and as fate would have it, Mr. Flood even blogs!
Art
Are You Talking About Rembrandt the Artist or the Tooth Whitener?
Since his passing in 1669, Rembrandt has had a vibrant second life selling cigars and teeth whitening kits. His "artsploitation" — like that of monk turned liqueur Fra Angelico — offers a cautionary tale in a world searching for untapped and undefended brand equity. Social media reveals the odd cult
Art
A Surprisingly Coherent Art Fair in Upstate New York
A few of the locals intermingled with the art world of New York City and Miami in the huge Barn-like building of Basilica Hudson on the outskirts of the town where NADA held its 2012 Hudson art fair. The vibe is relaxed — detached from the frenzied energy of New York art gatherings — stirring genuin
Art
Dog Art
There are important questions that art world thinkers have asked themselves for decades. Why should art be confined to the white cube? When does something become art? How do you define art? These are important questions to ask, but I am going to ignore them for this photo essay on dog art. Are these
Opinion
Six Things I Learned — and One I Didn’t — from Christian Marclay’s “The Clock”
Last week, I trekked up to Lincoln Center to see part of The Clock, Christian Marclay's film collage that has had the art world's knickers in a twist for about a year and a half now.