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Weekend Words: Enemy
This week Bradley Manning was acquitted of charges of aiding the enemy. But in the immortal words of the prophet Pogo, "We have met the enemy and he is us."
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See the NYC Subway in 1905
A silent, black-and-white video released by the Library of Congress captures a snippet of the first NYC subway line in 1905, trailing a train from 14th Street to Grand Central just a year after the subway opened.
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James Franco Is Real Sad About Jeffrey Deitch and Mad at LA
James Franco is having a tough time right now. His Indiegogo fundraiser for Palo Alto Stories doesn't look like it will reach its goal, but the actor/artist/fundraiser/heart throb is also upset that former Museum of Contemporary Art director Jeffrey Deitch is leaving the institution and perhaps LA.
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Stodgy Brit Has Something to Say About Banksy, Capitalism, "Ghetto Youth"
To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, the tree of blogging must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of morose critics. And although here at Hyperallergic we believe that it's better to dwell on the redeeming features of the written word, we do appreciate a good hate-read now and then.
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Video Interlude: Polishing a Giacometti Sculpture
I found it rather soothing to watching two employees at the Museum of Modern Art polish the large Alberto Giacometti sculpture, "Tall Figure, III" (1960), in the museum courtyard.
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Guerrilla Artist Warns Detroiters to Brace Themselves
Jerry Vile's guerrilla addition to Detroit's "Monument to Joe Louis" (aka The Fist) is his tongue-in-cheek way of preparing the citizens of his beloved city to brace themselves …
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Tooth and Nail: China's Resilient Holdouts
CHICAGO — A nail house is not a sharp object or an eyesore. It's a site to behold, one that holds its ground. The term "nail house" is a literal translation from the word dingzihu (钉子户), a Chinese word meaning either a household or person who will not leave their home to make way for real estate dev
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One of the Art World's Most Interesting Couples
This New York love story chronicles the chaotic 40-year marriage of boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and artist Noriko Shinohara.
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Required Reading
This week, "smart dumb" is a thing, High Line shenanigans, Martin Scorsese talks cinema aesthetics, the charitable-industrial complex, every movie reference in The Simpsons, and more.
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Weekend Words: Ditch
It was only a matter of time before MOCA ditched Deitch.
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Under Construction: Engaging with Art from the Ground Up
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA — After a while it felt like a barrage: a darkly rendered animation set in a psychiatrist’s office and a gigantic space station; a Chinese labor camp investigation enacted by singing puppets; a film featuring a Depression-era Kansan doctor, goat testicles and the world’s most powerful radio
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The Most and Least Popular Emoji on Twitter
Ever wonder which emoji are most popular with users? Now Emojitracker is tracking Twitter users to find out which symbols are being used the most right now.