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Is that a Donald Judd or Cheap Furniture?
An age-old question we've pondering endlessly is now an online quiz by Graydon Parrish and Mikhail Simkin over at Reverent Entertainment.
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#OWS Still Debating Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero's "Joie de Vivre" has inadvertently found itself in the middle of the biggest protest movement in America today and not everyone likes it. Now a small spat on on the sculpture itself raises some questions.
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Feeling Unengaged at Carsten Höller's New Museum Playground
There has been a fair amount of buzz surrounding Carsten Höller. His “mid-career” retrospective/whole building takeover of the New Museum opened last week. Determined to see for myself, I wandered into the space last Friday with a relatively open mind. My only previous knowledge of the artist was fr
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An #OccupyWallStreet Art Exhibition That Reaches Out
The art world has a tendency to make everything about itself, and some of the art happenings at Occupy Wall Street are no different. Contentious art projects that have spawned from the movement like the No Comment exhibition and Occupy Museums have sparked important discussions, but also remain some
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Required Reading
This week, Occupy art, Picasso abodes, an artist on Iraq, UK art blogs, lo-fi pics and working as a culture industry serf.
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The 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World: 2011 Edition
This year we revisit our annual tradition of highlighting the powerless among those of us in the art world. Are you on it?
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Turkish Earthquake Damages Historic Sites, Including 10th C Armenian Church
The magnitude 7.2 earthquake that shook Turkey on Sunday and killed 535 while leaving 50,000 homeless has also damaged important historic monuments in eastern Turkey's Van region.
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What Does the US Arts Community Look Like? NEA Study Sheds Some Light
There are 2.1 million "artists" in the United States, according to the National Endowment for the Arts. The national arts organization has just released a study that examines the demographics of the country's artists. Here are some notable facts …
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What Is So Asian About Asian Art Today?
MÉRIDA, MEXICO — Over the past two years planet art has born witness to a drastic metamorphosis. The mental apparition of “Asian Art,” inhabiting its blanket concept, was once as innocuous as Casper the friendly ghost. Westerners were at leisure to muse and amuse themselves with its mysteries and ex
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1970s Flashback to the Birth of Alternatives
The current exhibition A Show About Colab and Related Activities at Printed Matter in Chelsea is a perfect example of the positivity that can result from discontent. First known as the Green Corporation and subsequently named Collaborative Projects, Inc. Colab was a loosely organized group of artist
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Artist Mathieu Lefevre's Family Wants Answers
Last week, we posted about the tragic news of artist Mathieu Lefevre's death when he was cycling on Morgan Avenue in Williamsburg. This week, his family has arrived in New York and is demanding answers.
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Your Weekly Art Rx
Here again is your weekly remedy to cure you of what ails you: a list of exhibitions and events that will serve as your weekly dose of art medicine. This week the doctor orders Beat Nite on Friday night, a Halloween blood fest and did we mention our editor is in a performance piece?