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Okuizumo, Japan, stands paralyzed by an icon of Western art. A 16-foot-high replica of Michelangelo's triumphant David sculpture was installed in the middle of a public park in the southern Japanese town, but locals think it might be a little bit too public.
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After an extensive online public poll, Monopoly has decided to remove its classic iron piece (you know, that one that looked like something your great-great grandmother would have used to smooth shirts or bludgeon something) and add to the game a cat token. Why a cat? Because, the internet!
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If 2012 saw museums like the Walker and the New Museum embrace the medium of the internet with redesigned websites and social media presences, 2013 might signal a renaissance for museums and multimedia. Both the Getty and the Metropolitan Museum have just launched new photo and video initiatives.
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More and more these days, as Kindles, Nooks, and iPads abound, the path of e-books toward ubiquity and the decline of old-fashioned, hard-copy printing seem confirmed. But there is one area where paper and glue still dominate: the world of zines and artists' and art books. A walk through the annual
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For the one year anniversary of the Tumblr artwork “Cloaque,” founders Claudia Maté and Carlos Sáez decided to do something a little different; they pushed their Tumblr project and added a collaborative video. In case you missed it, “Cloaque” is one of my favorite Tumblrs. It is an endless collage m
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This week, the world's first computer art, new rules for museums and Ancient art, photojournalism's boundaries, criticism of Foster's new New York Public Library plan, the artist of the highly criticized royal portrait speaks up, the meaning of "outsider" art, and more.
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With fine art auctioneers taking bids from the chandeliers hanging overhead, Weekend Words holds aloft a lamp in search of honesty.
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This is what we look like. You, me, and everybody else in North America: one dot each. 341, 817, 095 dots.
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VALENCE, France — There is a new thread in the ongoing stream of censorship by social networks and mobile applications. Vine, the iPhone and iPod Touch "Instagram for video" app, underwent controversy mere days after it's release on the App Store. Twitter-owned Vine was released last week to a notab
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Go to vinepeek.com. Spend five minutes watching it without tearing up, feeling overwhelmed by humanity's vastness, and becoming totally addicted. I dare you.
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It happened in a surprising instant: North Korea became just a little bit more accessible. Google Maps now features data on the secretive country, with the names of streets and buildings labeled, plus some more sensitive information.
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The Athens-based architecture practice Oiio Architecture Office has offered up a riff on an icon — they've taken Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim museum and mutated it, adding 13 more floors onto the structure's famous spiral.