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Stephen Colbert on Art Redux
There's nothing like an entertaining compilation of art-related Stephen Colbert banter to brighten up your pre-hurricane Friday. Enjoy.
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An Adventure at Best, An Art Project At Worst
Biking down the boardwalk in the Rockaways, Queens, I glanced behind me at the storm clouds approaching fast. Thunder ripped loudly, and lightning began to flash with increasing regularity. My friend and I had been riding for 15 miles already. We were on our way to Boggsville Boatel and Boat-In Thea
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Why So Serious? A Marriage of Theory and Commerce
So, I have to be honest, I don’t know if I am totally sold on the whole group show thing. It makes sense within the scope of the art center, alternative space or museum, but I sometimes question its benefits in the commercial art world. I think the point of the theoretical, thematic or art historica
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Joining A Contemporary Art Biker Gang With John Waters
Pope of Trash, filmmaker John Waters, who is known for his filthy classics like Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble and Hairspray, has joined a biker gang. Surprisingly, it is a contemporary art biker gang.
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Cheryl Means Camp, Bling, Parties & Garfield Tattoos
This is the last weekend to visit performance art/party collective Cheryl's show on Williamsburg's Bedford Avenue, where they have set up shop in the Rawson Projects. This quirky group of artists with an obvious affection for glitter, masks and videos are silkscreening tshirts and totes and selling
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Artists Launch Offensive Against San Diego
SAN DIEGO — Ahead of the upcoming Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair, the Periscope Project, a collective of artists, architects and urban planners, are taking to the streets of San Diego with a project that confronts the city’s military complex, conservative politics and its reputation as a non-cu
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The Plastic Bag as Artistic Muse
In Patrick Griffin's recent exhibition at The Journal Gallery in Williamsburg, Common Courtesy, he focused on an unusual subject matter: the plastic bag. If you live in a major city then you are more than familiar with these little guys; they accumulate under your sink, get stuck in that storm drain
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A Letter to Merce Cunningham
Dear Merce Cunningham, As your company comes to a close this winter, I have been on the look out for all things Merce. Wanting to understand you better and hoping that I could still understand you even after you have passed, I visited Charles Atlas's video tribute to you now at the New Museum not ju
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Indy Airport May Remove Public Art in Favor of Ad Wall
The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that this week the Indianapolis airport should be deciding if it will remove a site-specific work by local artist James Wille Faust, “Chrysalis," in favor of a video wall that will feature advertisements.
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You Said What? A Week of PC Blunders
BERN, SWITZERLAND — This has been a week of blunders. At an art conference in Switzerland a debate began amongst fellow participants about the content of a drawing, which could either be considered bad taste or ironic. The conversation expanded to talk about politics in South Africa, more specifical
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Anselm Kiefer Channels Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard
Sophie Fiennes’ new film, Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow, is a record of German-born artist Anselm Kiefer as he transforms the grounds around his sprawling hilltop-studio in Barjac, a town in southern France. The film is as much about Fiennes adulation of the artist as it is about Kiefer.
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Crack Epidemic Hits Washington Icon
WASHINGTON, DC — The crack epidemic in the Nation's capital reached new heights yesterday when the news came out that the Washington Monument has a crack problem. The monument has been closed indefinitely and rumors are that the Congress is attempting to secure a room at Betty Ford for the 555 foot