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Is America Tanking in Venice? [UPDATE]

Love it or hate it, Allora & Calzadilla's entry to the US Pavilion of the 2011 Venice Biennale is a showstopper perfectly tuned for the art world's version of the Olympics.

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Looking at Chinese Social Media (Part 3 of 3)

Just how do you tap into the interface of Weibo? Like Twitter, the Chinese social media hub takes a little while to get used to, regardless of what language you're speaking. But once you get the hang of it, the service soars.

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Digging Up the Roses on Park Avenue

This week, Will Ryman's "The Roses" installation along Park Avenue are saying bye bye. But when I spotted them yesterday all dug up with their "roots" exposed, I thought it somehow completed the work.

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5 Fashion Designers Who Deserve Met Retrospectives

So Alexander McQueen was honored with a retrospective at the Met’s Costume Institute, but the real question is, who’s next? We may end up finding our answer in an obituary, but for now let’s look at some retrospective-worthy designs and designers.

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MTA Continues to Ignore Bushwick Open Studios, Take Action Now!

In the five year history of the Bushwick Open Studios, New York's MTA has subjected the north Brooklyn festival to three subway outages that have and will seriously impact its ability to attract people from outside the neighborhood. Take action! Please call Andy Inglesby at the MTA, 646-252-2658, an

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Cory Arcangel's (Al)ready-mades

Remember Oakley M-Frame sunglasses? They’re supposed to look like the future, with gradient lenses in a variety of neon colors and knotted frames that bear a resemblance to tensed muscle and ligaments. What they actually look like is a future imagined from the 1980s, in which some mixture of cyberpu

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Style Warz: Manhattan Ballet Shoes vs Brooklyn Sneakers

I love aesthetic battles and I secretly miss the war of subcultures (through style, of course) that was a staple of the late 20th C. Think mods vs punks, but in a Manhattan (ballet shoes, of course) vs. Brooklyn (sneakers, wassup) kinda way. I spotted this today and it stopped me in my tracks. Me li

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Looking at Chinese Social Media: Censorship and Speaking Mandarin (Part 2 of 3)

Is it time for the Western art world to join Chinese social media? That depends on your goals. “I don't see any reason for anyone not directly involved in the Beijing/Shanghai art world to be on Weibo,” argued Robin Peckham. “It's more about back-and-forth in-scene and doesn't have much application

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Your Guide to This Weekend's Bushwick Open Studios

The L Train may not be running, but that doesn't mean we won't be partying it up at Bushwick Open Studios this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Here are Hyperallergic staff (and intern) picks for the best things to do for the open studio weekend, from artist studio visits to impromptu exhibitions

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Alexander McQueen's Sartorial Savagery

What becomes a legend most? How are those cultural superstars chosen, the ones whose very names invoke awe, wonder, or at least a gasp? Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, the comprehensive retrospective of the late designer’s ravishing raiment now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art certainly p

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Milk Does a White Body Good

Artist Nate Hill's new project, "White Power Milk" (2011), pushes the boundaries of race, sexuality and commodification. He explains, "I named it 'White Power Milk' because I'm selling people that access to white girls from powerful families. Those are the hardest white girls to get access to. They

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Time for the Western Art World to Join Chinese Social Media? (Part 1 of 3)

A few months ago, Tom Cruise made waves in both Chinese and Western media by announcing that he had joined Sina Weibo, the popular Chinese microblogging tool used by Chinese and, now, Western celebrities. “We're having fun talking to you and our new friend at http://t.sina.com.cn/” his Chief Informa