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North Korea's New Website
LOS ANGELES — North Korea has a new website. And as far as I can tell, it's not a parody.
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Lolcats ARTsCritz
Lolcats stopped by the office today and asked the staff if they could write a review of a show. It was Friday and we thought … why not!?
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Overheard in the Art World
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Turning Ruined Polaroids Into Artful Abstractions
LOS ANGELES — William Miller's new Polaroid project explores the "ruined" photograph.
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A River of LED Fireflies in Tokyo
LOS ANGELES — Unlike the bright cities that surround them, rivers are usually dark spots at night, recognizable only as absences between well-lit buildings and highways. That’s what makes the image of 100,000 LED lights floating on Tokyo’s Sumida River so evocative. Installed during the Tokyo Hotaru
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Ends Today: A Kickstarter to Tell LA's Creative Stories
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles, like New York, is a city of migrants. You move to LA in search of something. For many people, that's Hollywood or the music business; for others, it's the city's growing art scene. In makeshift studios and homes across the city, artists and creatives are working hard to ma
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A Sad Goodbye to Brooklyn Museum's 1stfans Membership
LOS ANGELES — A few days ago, Shelley Bernstein at the Brooklyn Museum announced that 1stfans, the museum world's first socially networked membership, would be coming to a close after more than three years of great programming.
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Video Candy: A History of John Baldessari as Narrated by Tom Waits
Artist John Baldessari asked Tom Waits to narrate his short history and it's pretty funny.
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OMG…Now I Know: How to Protect Your Antique Statues During an Earthquake
The Getty Museum has come up with a video to demonstrate how to save your precious sculptures during an earthquake. Thanks, Getty!
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Graffiti Writer Gets Pwnd by Marc Jacobs
You have to wonder if something is edgy anymore if a fashion label can quickly flip the "transgression" into merchandise within a few days. Case in point … Kidult v. Marc Jacobs.
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Required Reading
This week, face recognition software may help art historians solve mysteries, Picasso's lover gets a Gagosian show, the New Aesthetic debate continues, the French elections and art, street art in Houston, Kiki Smith interviews Jenny Holzer and more.
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Overheard in the Art World
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