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CHICAGO — The draft of the new Chicago Cultural Plan was officially released a week ago. It’s the penultimate step in a process that began in February, and which will end in the fall of 2012 with the release of the final recommendations.
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Koons was on Colbert last night and his discussion of art came across as pseudo-spiritual at best.
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LOS ANGELES —Travel around East and Southeast Asia enough and you'll invariably come across at least one big Buddha. Cut from stone or marble or any other substantive material, they dominate the room with their presence. Then there's Kobe-based sculptor Yuji Honbori.
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Last week, I trekked up to Lincoln Center to see part of The Clock, Christian Marclay's film collage that has had the art world's knickers in a twist for about a year and a half now.
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In light of Jerry Sandusky's recent conviction for sexually abusing 10 boys, the statue of Joe Paterno, the former football coach of Pennsylvania State University who failed to alert authorities to the abuse, outside the school's Beaver Stadium has quickly become an extremely controversial symbol. A
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This week, Syrian heritage under threat, invisible art, Franz West remembrance, Etsy's feminist disappointment, Ai Weiwei as Warhol, fashion criticism and more.
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This week we overheard a few things at a subdued 2012 Chelsea Art Walk, the artworld continued to talk about Dietch while carrying its tote bags and we found out people are over Christian Marclay's "The Clock." (I mean it has been 2 years.) But our favorite "overheards" came from the twitterverse (m
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… and with the same non-existing deception, in addition to my rebellion against the intellectual arrogance that plagues some of my fellow students, I admit not to really care. Even though something inside of me twists and shouts “Liar!” Well, maybe if I tell myself I don’t care enough times I will s
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This line says it best: "Austrian artist Franz West, who died yesterday, was a sculptural jester, a provocateur, a maker of benign and threatening objects."
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LOS ANGELES — I meet a lot of artists these days who have big goals. Some of the most successful ones even write them out, with specific numbers like a solo show and such-and-such gallery within three years. In a competitive art environment, it's great to have goals, and it's great to make progress
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The Behance Network is hosting two projects that blend classical and contemporary in clever, playful ways.
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GRRRR.net, by Ingo Giezendanner, is a mystifying and beautiful internet adventure to stumble upon. With seemingly endless compartments and levels to wander through, I spent nearly two hours exploring it recently.