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Looking at 2011 Art Basel Miami Beach Through the Prism of One Influential Painter
MIAMI — With Soutine in mind, and the world’s best galleries around me, I culled a few great works by mostly 1950s US artists that have Soutine in mind.
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Torres Garcia to the Left of Me, Torres Garcia to the Right of Me
MIAMI — Every year art watchers see trends. Many of these are more about the commentator's interests and fixations than anything real. This year, I kept seeing works by great Uruguayan modernist Joaquín Torres García.
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Hermitage Invites Contemporary Artist into Their Permanent Collection
MIAMI — For the first time, a contemporary artist has been invited to play with the permanent collection at the fabled Hermitage. Anthony Gormley tackles the museum's classical collection and creates a humanizing display.
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Work of Art Recap: Bravo Product Placement Challenge
We open with our artistes bonding on their bonding couch that they always bond on. They mourn the loss of the Sucklord, until they remember that Dusty had promised Young that if their team won the previous challenge, Dusty would wear Young's short shorts. A disturbingly sexually charged montage foll
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2012 London Olympics Causes Artist Rents to Skyrocket
You can’t see out of the east-facing window of artist Dragica Carlin’s London studio, because of all the paintings that are stacked against it. But if you could, you’d be looking straight towards the site of the 2012 Olympic Games, in Hackney, east London. Carlin came to London from Croatia nearly t
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Your Guide to Guides to the 2011 Miami Art Fairs
So, as a service to you (and ourselves) we've compiled a help guide to all the guides we could find to the 2011 Miami art fairs.
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The Father of Filipino Conceptual Art
MANILA, Philippines — Where does one start with Philippine contemporary art? So little is known outside the country, even amongst foreign-born Filipinos.
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World's Longest Graffiti Street in China?
MANILA, Philippines — As is so often said about Chongqing, you've never heard of it, but with 30 million people and rising, it's one of the largest municipalities in the world (for perspective, all of New York state has some 20 million people). Located in the heart of southwest China, a former city
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William Eggleston Comes Back to New Orleans (Prospect 2 Spotlight)
NEW ORLEANS - Prospect 2 isn't just about the new or the conceptual or the overwrought: William Eggleston brings a pair of several decades-old works to his Prospect installation at the Old US Mint on the edge of the French Quarter, and together they offer the most satisfying viewing experience of an
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We're Off to Miami Today!
Hyperallergic is off to Miami today for the art fairs. Expect daily updates with photos, commentary, observations and news. See you in Miami.
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The Glorious Interiors of the Hermitage
This past weekend I was in St. Petersburg, Russia for the "Art & Reality" conference. During that trip I had the pleasure of taking some time off to visit the world-renowed Hermitage museum. For my first post about the Hermitage, I wanted to post a series of images of interiors that give a sense of
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White Like Me
"White Ambassador" is a provocative title for an art work in America and it is the title of artist Nate Hill's latest work that tackles race.