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New York, I feel your pain. You’re hemorrhaging under the weight of your artistic success and accomplishments, bleeding out talent like Jackson Pollock after the car crash. I know it’s hard to keep all your children around while the rents keep rising and the scene gets hyped into the next century wh
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Pity the poor parents who want to introduce their tots to the work of a contemporary artist like Takashi Murakami. Sure, all those laughing daisies and dancing bears are adorable, but how do you explain to Junior on a Saturday afternoon trip to the museum why that lady's breasts are so big [http://w
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After all the serious back-and-forth [http://hyperallergic.com/28788/missing-the-point-about-twitter-art/] debate [http://www.artfagcity.com/2011/07/09/missing-the-point-about-dont-follow-twitter-art/] about social media-based art [http://hyperallergic.com/29082/the-way-forward-for-social-media-art/
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Artist Jules de Balincourt has achieved considerable recognition in the last six years since his inclusion in Greater New York at PS 1 in 2005. I love that he's still involved in his community, and his selection of artists for his Itinerant Ones show at the Storefront in Bushwick seemed like a kind
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Artists Stephanie Rothenberg and Dan S. Wang's Beijing-based Journey West Travel Office is both performance and installation, a blend of “fake real” that explores tourism, mass culture and "the aesthetics of America's parking lots."
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Some people look at the world and imagine it will all disappear. The sun expands into a red giant and consumes the Earth, charring everything away. Technology overtakes humanity and the rational shapes of geometry replace the uncertainty of modern life. The frenetic urban canyons of New York are deserted
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Quick—what’s the dirtiest word you can think of? The one that makes people the most uncomfortable? The one you wouldn’t dare say at a party for fear you’ll spend the rest of the evening alone in a corner with everyone around you doing their best to
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Although it's currently one of New Orleans' most happening neighborhoods, it's easy for me to take the centuries-old Faubourg Marigny for granted since I've lived here ever since moving to New Orleans nearly fourteen years ago. I went for a walk today to remind myself how visually rich it is, and th
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Community is enough to make Google+ worth a whirl, but what exactly does the site provide for artists? Conversely, what is it missing? A few initial thoughts based on a week’s worth of use.
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It only takes one look at the cover of the debut issue of Lucky Peach to realize that this isn’t your typical food ‘zine. No glossy photo of an impeccably styled dish here; instead, there’s a dead chicken being held unceremoniously upside down by its feet, its pale,
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150 years after the conflict began, the Civil War provides the subject matter for a group show at the Good Children Gallery in New Orleans. But far from being a mere exercise in nostalgia,"Grant v. Lee", curated by Sophie Lvoff, gave artists the opportunity to "gently and subtly evoke the times and
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The boys had their turn traipsing down the runways of Paris and Milan last month for the major fashion houses’ offerings at the Spring 2012 Menswear collections. And the more one looks at the clothes, the more they can be seen in relation to another medium: sculpture.