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Just in time for the holidays the Free Emporium & Gift Exchange has popped up on the Lower East Side. A cross between a swap meet and a museum, the artistic experiment gives new meaning to free trade.
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The concept of artistic collaboration is slippery. New York Magazine’s 31st reason to love New York City in 2009 is “Because Our Street Art is Collaborative.” Maybe they don't really understand the notion of collaboration.
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Here is an extravaganza of slideshows from the big cross section of 7 art fairs and one private museum show I attended while in Miami and haven't written about yet. Enjoy the journey into the dark corners of the Miami fairs.
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Sarah makes small matchbook sculptures that are designed to be left in public spaces. They are intimate art works that are part of the ritual of her practice. She believes in the words of Margaret Meade, who said, “When justice is lost, we have ritual. We need more ritual in our daily lives.”
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Some thoughts about last night's liveblogging experiment at English Kills art gallery and high quality photos from each of the performances.
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I'm liveblogging Maximum Perception Performance Performance Festival tonight and you're along for the ride. So far, we've traveled from a Catholic school to African tunes to an auction to free bouncy rides to a man in his underwear getting text messages from the audience ... and more ....
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When you endlessly wander art fairs for days on end you start dreaming up awards and when you write for a blogazine you publish them ... here they are for your amusement.
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This summer, I tried to go see a free David Byrne concert in Brooklyn's Prospect Park but to no avail. The next morning I looked up the concert online and immediately found masses of documentation ... the concert had been reconstructed online so thoroughly that I didn't really feel like I'd missed i
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In an attempt to answer the age-old question -- Is it art or home decor? -- I perused the halls of Art Basel Miami to see how galleries are serving the lifestyle needs of the rich and famous.
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Outside of the major art fairs there's dozens of other art things to see and do in Miami, including Wynwood Walls, which featured a bootilicious Sissy Bounce performance, art by Fairey, Swoon, Stelios Faitakis, Los Gêmeos, and more.
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If looking at art is fun, watching it burn is great. There's something cathartic about attending an event dedicated to the destruction of art in the middle of the world's largest art fair bacchanalia.
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In the belly of the art market beast, Hrag is wandering Miami in search of the ultimate art fair experience. First up is the landmark Art Basel fair in South Beach.