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Power of the Paparazzi
"' … anywhere from 50 to 60 percent of images that are sold into media these days are entertainment images,' most of them taken by paparazzi." [SpiegelOnline]
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Required Reading
This week, Catherine Opie fatigue, Yayoi Kusama, David Shrigley, tall buildings and economic downturns, post-structuralism, LA architecture and color theory for kids.
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Animate Your Parties with a 3D Photobooth
LOS ANGELES — It looks like animated GIFs are certainly seeing a renaissance. Shortly after spotting the NYPL's Stereogranimator, I stumbled across Protobooth, an animated GIF photobooth.
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Statue Porn
While learning more about public art, I began to notice a startling trend; it appears that the public possesses an odd affinity toward public works. Aside from the common images of the Statue of Liberty or the popular monuments in Washington, DC, I found image after image of art lovers groping, hump
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Minimal Maps and Tweeted Traffic in the City
LOS ANGELES — It's always interesting to see different schematics for visually approaching a city. So much of how we experience a new place is defined by the map in our heads, and those maps tend to be limited to subway maps and, increasingly, Google Maps.
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How to Make Art and Drink It
LOS ANGELES — Like most gallery goers, I enjoy a good glass of wine with my art. And while wine tasting is an art in itself, I never thought the wine could be transformed into art.
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Artists Kickstarting Their Own Careers
For Co.Design recently, Bruce Nussbaum reflected on the idea of "indie capitalism," a form of small scale, independent capitalism focused more on makers and communities ...
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No Comment: Art Collecting Tips from WSJ
Tip #10: "Be prepared to hang onto the art you buy for some time. One of the major selling points for any work at auction is that it is fresh to the market. Buying today and selling tomorrow is out." The full list is here [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204542404577158551809756644.htm
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NASA Artist Brings Jupiter to Life at the Museum
LOS ANGELES — The past few weeks, thanks to the Star Walk app, I've had the pleasure of watching Jupiter and the Moon flirt and dance in the sky. The planet looks like a star to my untrained eye, but it's the largest in the solar system and largely gaseous.
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Required Reading
This week, Christian Marclay's unoriginal(?) "The Clock," art in post-revolution Egypt, power of Renaissance portraiture, GIF trends, Gagosian troubles, Adolph Gottlieb's words in 1966 and more.
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Can We Do Something About This?
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the extraordinary June Leaf show before it closes at the Edward Thorp Gallery on February 4, 2012.
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Is Twitter Going to Censor? Ai Weiwei Threatens to Quit Tweeting
Yesterday, Twitter announced that it will start censoring tweets in certain countries as a concession to governments as the service expands globally. Some, including Ai Weiwei, are not happy.