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Learning to Be Canadian Through Art

As an Armenian Canadian living in New York for over a decade, I'm conflicted when it comes to the idea of Canada Day … the question of what it mean to be Canadian pops up now and again.

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Learning to Be Canadian Through Art

As an Armenian Canadian living in New York for over a decade, I'm conflicted when it comes to the idea of Canada Day … the question of what it mean to be Canadian pops up now and again.

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How Ai Weiwei Saw New York City

Ever wondered what New York City looks like through the eyes of a great artist? In a newly opened exhibition at Asia Society, viewers get the chance to see how recently released Chinese artist Ai Weiwei saw New York City in a series of diaristic photos taken between 1983 and 1993.

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Thinking About Art and Devotion

Art as a messenger of belief is nothing new. From the obvious ostentatious examples like the Sistine Chapel, to the much more ephemeral Buddhist sand mandalas, faith has often driven artistic creation. Yet, can art be a system of belief in itself? The artists in Architecture of Devotion at the Gowan

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An Abstract Moment in Chelsea

Checking out the Chelsea gallery scene last week, my results were surprisingly mixed — from overly offbeat summer shows to nonsensical group exhibitions, the galleries just didn't seem to have it together. But one thread did emerge in my wanderings. I discovered that Chelsea was having a brief love

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Art21 Fails to Provide an Open Bar

Art21 has launched a new documentary series. Called New York Close Up, the series, according to Art21’s informative website, “provides an intimate look at the next wave of artists- artists close up.” Clearly they’ve set the bar on clever titles. New York Close Up launched with a party at the Ace Hot

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When a Social Circle Became an Art Movement

The artistic avant garde is often a pretty insular group — when you’re doing something new, odds are that few people besides your immediate friends and collaborators know what’s up. A jewel box of an exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts proves just how small the art world is with Modernist P

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Some NY Events You Should Know About

Here are some events you may want to check out this weekend or in the coming week, including a video art festival on Staten Is, unfinished films at Gladstone, Carolee Schneemann bookreading, dance series, Japanese art.

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Shirin Neshat Sets Fire to Stuff

Shirin Neshat’s new “Summer” film in her Seasons series, entitled "Before My Eyes" was posted on the New York Times website earlier this week. The intentions of the film are political, as is the nature of Neshat’s work. Neshat asks us to reflect on “[measuring] the rise and fall of our hopes in the

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Questions Remain After Ai Weiwei's Release

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been released, as has his cousin Zhang Jinsong, but that doesn't mean the story is over. Ai's legal case is still open, China is still detaining and jailing dissidents and the Ai's freedom may just be political image clean-up for the government. What does the r

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A Hot and Colorful Day on the Northside

This year's Northside Open Studios (formerly Greenpoint Open Studios) benefited from the publicity associated with the major north Brooklyn art, film and music festival, but what it didn't have was the art world buzz that the Bushwick Open Studios enjoys after years of promotion. I personally think

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Who Are Ai Weiwei's 4 Associates Still in Jail? [UPDATE]

Ai Weiwei may have just been freed, but four of his associates are still missing. Wen Tao, Liu Zhenggang, Zhang Jingsong, and Hu Mingfen were arrested along with Ai Weiwei and are presumably still in prison. Here is some information about them.