Opinion
Yayoi Kusama Does Alice in Wonderland
It seems fitting that artist Yayoi Kusama's characteristic polka dots appear in a children's book and in the trippy Alice in Wonderland no less.
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Artists as Job Creators
CHICAGO — The National Governors Association has just issued a report titled "New Engines for Growth: Five Roles for Arts, Culture and Design." I decided to read the whole thing, a task that I approached with some dread, given the prospect of wading through 45 pages of corporate art-speak. In fact,
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Is Ridgewood Breaking Away from the Bushwick Scene?
A Queens neighborhood, with the help of the Queens Museum of Art, is coming into its artified own.
Art
Four Paintings in a White Box
Last weekend I visited Regina Rex in Ridgewood, Queens, and it felt like a relief to be able to spend time in a gallery that also inhabits a studio building, which means being surrounded by artists rather than dealers.
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New Aesthetic Watch: Google Beatbox [UPDATED]
All Your Beatbox Are Belong to Us. I'm not kidding.
Art
From Car Hoods to Vajazzling
South African artist Frances Goodman doesn't apologize about much when it comes to art.
Books
Salman Rushdie Says, “Art Is Not Entertainment ... It’s a Revolution”
During last night's Arthur Miller Freedom to Write event, writer Salman Rushie talked about the fact that censorship exists to change the subject. When it is introduced in the realm of art, it becomes the subject; the attack onto the work becomes the work. As Rushdie said, “Assumptions of guilt repl
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Is Marina Abramović Trying to Create a Performance Art Utopia?
Nearly 150 people gathered in MoMA PS1's performance dome this morning to hear Marina Abramović present plans for her new museum dedicated to performance art in Hudson, NY. As the crowd took their places on and around the oversize red ottomans filling the space, people gazed at and stuck their heads
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Frieze Frame on Randall's Island
The massive Frieze art fair landed on Manhattan's Randall's Island and not everyone was happy. Pro-union protestors and members of Occupy Museums showed up to protest but they were pushed so far away that you have to wonder if anyone noticed.
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At the 2012 Pulse Art Fair in New York
Relocating its New York edition from Armory Week to join Frieze Weekend, the 2012 Pulse Art Fair offered itself as an accessible companion to the bigger fair action on Randall's Island, both in terms of location and the art presented.
Books
A Street Photographer for the 21st Century
The content of Strauss’s individual photographs is not always disturbing, but paging through the entirety of 10 Years means talking a walk through neighborhoods and into situations that you might otherwise avoid.