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Advice: How to Lift Yourself Out of a Creative Rut
We all experience creative ruts but how do we get out of them?
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Artist Sleeps Outside Till the Grass Grows
LOS ANGELES — I first noticed a few pictures of a curious performance piece on Sina Weibo and then Ai Weiwei also posted about it on his Twitter account. Since March 24, He Yunchang, also known as A Chang, has been sleeping outside in the Beijing artist village of Caochangdi (whose name literally me
Opinion
What Does $10 Million Buy You in Chicago?
CHICAGO — At a time when charitable giving to Chicago cultural institutions is either flat or declining, the Museum of Contemporary Art announced on Wednesday that it has received a gift of $10 million from benefactors Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson.
Opinion
The Art World Plague of Unpaid Internships
It's not right that you should have so many people willing to work for free and so many more people willing to take advantage of them.
Opinion
Screenshots of Quiet Desperation
LOS ANGELES — Henry David Thoreau said it best, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." Little did he realize he was predicting the advent of social media. Screenshots of Despair, a new tumblelog, taps into these moments of despair.
Interview
Click on My Face, It's Art
Artist Jesus Benavente has launched "Oh Hey. Whats Going On?" (2012) as an online ad, which is "about wanting to be something greater, but the realities of life preventing it from happening."
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Art in London: 5 Things to See Right Now
LONDON — If you’re looking for respite from the bacchanalian bustle of the Big Smoke at 20 degrees or just looking to punctuate those protracted bouts of sun-worshipping, don’t miss the following.
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10th C. Cambodian Sculpture Seized from Sotheby's in NY
Yesterday, federal agents in New York moved to seize a thousand-year-old statue from Sotheby’s that a civil complaints is alleging was stolen from a Cambodian temple.
Opinion
A Three-Month College Sitcom on Facebook
LOS ANGELES —London/LA-based artist Ed Fornieles has created a new Facebook-based project, Dorm Daze, with 35 characters who acted out a fictitious three months of college, with a series of dramas, like a college basketball star and math geek involved in a drug ring and the unrequited love of two fr
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Video Tribute to Mike Kelley On Sat April 14 in New York
This Saturday, April 14, Electronic Arts Intermix and Dia Art Foundation have jointly organized a 12-hour video tribute to artist Mike Kelley, who passed away on February 1 at his home in South Pasadena, California.
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A New Curatorial Intensive to Launch in Beijing
LOS ANGELES — Independent Curators International is setting up shop in Beijing. Working with the prestigious Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, ICI's first curatorial intensive in China will be focused on the subject of The Museum of the Future?: Curating Institutions.
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Popularizing Contemporary Art in San Salvador
A look at the emerging art scene in San Salvador, El Salvador.