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A Tale of a Miami Art Fair Virgin
So the whole point of Miami Art Basel is the parties. Wait, no it’s not, it’s the ton-o-fairs available to man or beast. Before I even arrived I was totally confused.
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Valentino's Virtual Museum Puts Fashion at Your Fingertips
It’s a testament to the time in which we live to be able to walk through the brilliant halls of a white-walled, glass ceilinged exhibition hall, quietly perusing couture from one of the masters of modern fashion, Valentino Garavani, all in front of a computer screen.
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District 9 Movie Prop As African Fetish Object
MIAMI — With all the visual overload and glimpses between suited shoulders it’s hard to find something that resonates amongst the Lego blocks of art fair booths at the main fair of Art Basel Miami Beach. With over 260 galleries and over 2,000 artists of which I probably saw half and absorbed a twent
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Politics and Art Meet on World AIDS Day
In the New York zeitgeist, you can’t have art without politics — especially not lately. As we enter the holiday season, strikes and marches continue throughout the city. Local and global politics are stoking creativity’s flames, and art has been a necessary backbone to supporting the Occupy movement
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Pharma-Cultural Landscapes
During a brief two-week run, Storefront for Art and Architecture was transformed into a laboratory by the creative team of Harrison Atelier (HAt) in their latest iteration of dance-installation titled Pharmacophore: Architectural Placebo. Conceived, dramaturged, directed and designed by the husband
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An Artist Grapples With the Worst Documented Attack on Journalists
MANILA, Philippines — On November 23, 2009, just a little over two years ago, Esmael Magundadatu, the vice mayor of the southern Philippine city of Buluan, invited 37 journalists to accompany him as he filed for his certificate of candidacy. The group, along with a cadre of lawyers and family, never
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Globalization, the Environment and the Effects of Media
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK/ PITTSBURGH, PA — In his new book, Contemporary Art: World Currents, Terry Smith argues that three concerns dominate contemporary art: (1) world-picturing, or the imagination of global interconnectedness, (2) environmental problems and awareness and (3) the effects of social medi
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Art With a Dash of Hospitality But Save Room for Dessert
I'm almost embarrassed to confess I've only just recently made the acquaintance of Wayne Thiebaud's work. The man's been painting upwards of 70 years and spent much of his time in California. I, despite my accumulation of years in New York, also consider California my home. There's really no excuse.
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A Painter's View of Occupy Wall Street
When I finally started reading about the Occupy Wall Street encampment in the mainstream media I was stunned by how late, and how dismissive it was. After several visits, I found myself wondering how to participate; as a painter, I am always at once feeling a part of and outside of things, and this
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The Fine Line Between Sexy and Sickness
Monet Clark’s current exhibition at Krowswork Gallery represents the first solo showing of 20 years worth of performance and video work in which her own body and life experiences serve as subject matter. Images of Clark as the ideal “California Girl” are juxtaposed with documentation of the deterior
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First Lady of NY Graffiti Traces Her Evolution
While everyone even loosely connected to the art world is in Miami this week, I want to stick up for those of us still stuck in the cold by taking a look at an artist and medium that could not possibly be more quintessentially New York: Lady Pink.
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AIDS, Art and Activism: Remembering Gran Fury
The collective used a heady combination of bold graphic design, guerrilla dissemination tactics, and art institutional support to communicate the urgency of the AIDS epidemic in light of disastrous government and political inaction.