Art
The heart of a society is most open when dealing with death. Its spoken and unspoken fears and hopes, both for life and the afterlife, are embedded in rituals of remembrance and memorial. In China, this has taken the form of detailed objects made of Joss paper that are burned for the deceased.
Opinion
Watch your back, art world. There's a dark force quietly building on the margins, slowly growing strong on a diet of cheap print editions and Tumblr posts. Yes, it's Jen Bekman's Zombie Army, and they're here to EAT YOUR BRAINS sell you art!
Art
There are condos going up all over Williamsburg, facades decked out with panels of bright colors that bring to mind a sort of yuppie Piet Mondrian: sickly oranges, pea greens and off-reds, all surfaced fiberglass matte and smooth. All those bare walls seen through the under-construction picture wind
Opinion
A fan of large run prints, Kyle senses something big — maybe "revolutionary" — about the Weiner print. He writes, " … contemporary art can be dangerous; it can quietly change lives … Here's to hoping 'Head Over Heels' is an invasion of contemporary art into the most ordinary of every day life."
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A new generation of websites selling prints by contemporary artists are emerging as the Ikeas of the art world — they sell editions, from large to small runs, of different kinds of work, from traditional prints to paintings and drawings. At high volume and low prices, these sites make the most of th