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The Beginnings of Selfie Community
CHICAGO — Is there such a thing as too much of the self? In the age of social networked identities, webcam tears, and plain old selfie criminology, it is possible to indulge in too much self-exploration online.
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Some Thoughts on Clement Greenberg and His Legacy
In his introductory essay to Vitamin P, a survey of contemporary painting first published by Phaidon in 2002, the poet and critic Barry Schwabsky takes pains to point out the variety of stylistic positions available to a contemporary painter. In doing so, Schwabsky suggests that there is no single i
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What Does It Mean to Be Alternative at the Museum of Everything?
LONDON — The Museum of Everything, a twee traveling carnival of outsider art, seems to have appeared just about everywhere since its founding in 2009, from the Chalet Society in Paris to Selfridges department store in London.
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The Minnesota State Fair in Pictures
ST. PAUL — This week I had the distinct pleasure of visiting the Minnesota State Fair, the largest state fair in the country by average daily attendance. Before the trip, I had never been to either Minnesota or a state fair; needless to say, I was excited.
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Ostrich Egg Globe Might Be Earliest Depiction of the Americas
The New York Public Library's 1510 Hunt-Lenox Globe better watch its bronze throne because a new globe portends to be the oldest to show the Americas. And it has the curious advantage of being carved into the round form of an ostrich egg.
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At Los Angeles Bus Stops, a Seat for Public Art
LOS ANGELES — The Do ArT Foundation of L.A. teamed up with Montreal’s Mouvement Art Public (Make Art Public) this summer to … do make art public. By recuperating unsold advertising space on bus benches around downtown L.A., the organizations brought the work of two photographers to the streets.
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Eight Unexpected Traditions Preserved as Our Intangible Culture
It's hard to preserve those things that are not places or objects, but rather traditions, festivals, ceremonies, or specialized art. For that there is the UNESCO's Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage, which includes things as disparate as falconry, oral stories, puppetry, and tightrope walking.
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Art in the Outer Limits: A Look at NASA's Space Art Program
A sampling of the over 2,000 artworks that are part of the NASA Art Program were recently uploaded to NASA's Flickrstream, and give an insight into the breadth of work that has come out of this rare merger between a government agency and art.
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When Nightmares in Art Were All the Horrifying Rage
The horror of what your brain can do when you give it up to sleep is universal, yet the heyday of the nightmare in art seems to have passed.
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A Slice of Space, History, and Time at the Whitney Museum
When Robert Irwin abandoned his Venice beach studio in 1970 he did not know where he would go next.
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Climate Change Data Set to Music to Serenade a Warming Planet
A cellist has composed a haunting song that turns charted data of climate change into an ominous serenade.
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The First 3D Database of Fossils, Which You Can Even Print
To improve their online visuals and connect a number of museum collections, the British Geological Service launched the first database of 3D fossils last week.