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Required Reading
This week, Aboriginal art in danger, Andrew Masullo must be a hipster, Lenin of the East Village, Buddhism's influence on the American avant garde, the early evolution of human culture and freedom and art.
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The Internet Makes Me Happy
An online artwork by Emilio Gomariz makes you self conscious about enjoying the web.
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Overheard in the Art World
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Want to be More Creative? Science Suggests Stop Fretting Over Mistakes
LOS ANGELES — What's going on in artists' brains when they create? I've done a few posts recently that suggest answers. But one of the most intriguing issues is the actual act of creation in the moment, i.e., how artists come up with incredible creativity in the moment.
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Patently Interesting Patent Art
LOS ANGELES — In the great pipeline of innovation, we always hear about that spark of genius, the agonizing product development, the design team debates, and then at least the final product rolling out on shelves. But one item is typically lost in this narrative: the patent.
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Lego-Scale Architecture Made Large
LOS ANGELES — Brazilian artist Valentino Fialdini, who specializes in architectural photography, has made some works of his own using Lego.
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A Hundred Flowers Bloom When China Invades
LOS ANGELES — Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom is a photographic series by Los Angeles artist Mei Xian Qiu that imagines the Chinese takeover of America.
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A Diverse Survey of Gay Men in America
LOS ANGELES — A book by Scott Pasfield explores the diversity of America's gay male community.
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Posters Distill Philosophy Into Simple Visuals
LOS ANGELES — Designer Genis Carreras attempts to distill complex philosophical topics into clean, minimal posters.
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An App to Rate Everything, and They Mean Everything
LOS ANGELES — We rate our friends. We rate our friends' pictures. We rate our friends' status updates. We rate the restaurants we frequent. We rate the meals we ate. The shows we watched. The books we've read. Why not rate everything? Enter Jot.ly.
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"Procrastiworking" Your Way to Creative Success
LOS ANGELES — It's hard work being a full-time artist. Sure, outsiders think artists live a free, unencumbered life, full of self-expression and joie de vivre.
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Required Reading
This week, Keith Haring in the Village, painter chic, 10 songs that saved (an artist's) life, Kehinde Wiley's unsettling Israeli show, de Kooning's "source," Monet's ultraviolet vision, Chinese-American photography, architectural stationary and more.