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Women, ladies, girls, however you identify — if you've got two X chromosomes, I'm talking to you, and I have an unfortunate announcement: You can't paint. At least not well. So if you're thinking about becoming a painter, don't do it; you'll never be any good. If you already are one, I'm sorry; you
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Rockaway Beach's iconic boardwalk is all but destroyed. "It's sheer devastation," said Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski. The remains of the structure between Beach 110th Street and Beach 88th Street is a wreckage of concrete frames and sheets of wood
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Last November, I was delighted to find this lovely work by Judith Supine on the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn … and then it was gone.
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At this very moment many young artists are endlessly scrolling through the job listings on New York Foundation for the Arts hoping to find anything that slightly resembles a paying job. Then it suddenly appears, a job listing by no other than Jeff Koons. I’ve always wondered why someone would ever w
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Today, one of my favorite books turns 200: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's brilliant novel of wit, manners, and love. The anniversary got me thinking broadly about the — genre? category? medium? — that seems to be forever expanding these days, book art, and more specifically, about the work of Je
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LOS ANGELES — In places like the US and Korea, it can be easy to rely entirely on the internet. Upload something to Dropbox, download it to your server, let it live on the cloud. But in many parts of the world with unreliable or censored internets, people rely on USB sticks and SD cards to transfer
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This week, Hillary Clinton on art, Carl Andre knows he can't draw, the Sistine Chapel has major problems, Larry Gagosian gets profiled, the Rijksmuseum buys its first abstract painting, the Egyptian arts community's problems with their government, and more.
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Everyone talks about the weather, and Weekend Words is no exception. With New York undergoing a long frigid blast this week, let's raise a cold one to winter.
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This week, The Stranger's art critic, Jen Graves, wrote a blog post titled, "Should We List Prices With Art Reviews?" When I first saw the headline, I had a knee-jerk reaction to the effect of, "No!!"
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As if we didn't have enough trouble preserving the middle class, the middle of the art market is the latest topic of debate among members of the art world's commercial side. Why is the high end of the art market constantly booming while the lower and middle sectors suffer?
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LOS ANGELES — A few weeks ago, I wrote a bit about the potential for open arts journalism, asking if it's a trend to watch. Journalists and those interested in the field have been discussing openness for a while now, but I've not seen as much discussion in terms of the arts. What could an open journ
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There's a post (that I can no longer find, unfortunately) on the hilarious Tumblr Sexpigeon (SFW, I promise) that features a man on the street, slouching over his smartphone, face angled far down, features invisible. The caption, something to the effect of: "What a brave new world for posture we liv