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China Wows By Constructing 30-Story Hotel in 360 Hours
This jaw-dropping time-lapse video demonstrates the power of China today.
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Happy Belated Public Domain Day!
The advantage of the New Year is that new and wonderful things are liberated enter the public domain. The Art and Artifice blog has posted [http://aandalawblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year-old-art-enters-public-domain.html] a new list of artists whose works as of January 1, 2012 can be used, republ
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How Do Photographers Spend Their Time? Fact vs Fiction
The romance of photography means that our perception of what photographers actually do is distorted. These pie charts may help correct some popular misconceptions.
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Required Reading
This week, Damien Hirst's global spot challenge, TJ Clark on Leonardo, Cairo's art scene, Green & Knight on PST, de Kooning conversation, Queer theory, vandalism as art criticism, imagining a drunk gay Jenny Holzer twitterfeed and an Abby Road spoof.
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Looking Back After China Takes Over
A few years ago, artist Guy Laramee began his The Great Wall series, which imagines a 23rd century when the Chinese empire has overthrown its American rival. His artist statement is a piece of science fiction and it sets the stage for his sculptural works that tap into American anxieties about empir
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Clyfford Still Painting Gets Lap Dance in Denver
My Armenian Christmas present came one day early this year when someone emailed me this, "A 36-year-old Denver woman, apparently drunk, leaned against an iconic Clyfford Still painting worth more than $30 million last week, punched it, slid down it and urinated on herself..."
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Kids Transform Museum Into Dotted Wonderland
The Queen of Dotted Art, Yayoi Kusama gave young visitors to an Australian museum a chance to create art by placing dots in a pristine white room.
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Sneak Peak of Ai Weiwei on Art21
Today, Art21 released a sneak peak of their Ai Weiwei segment in Season 6 titled "Change."
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Strange Protest by Old Skool Performance Artist Against Lady Gaga
Some peculiar things end up in our inbox on a daily basis but this one stood out. Performance artist Colette has staged a strange protest against Lady Gaga at Barney's Lady Gaga windows.
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Babes in Museum Land (NSFW)
So we know that museums are filled with some of the world's greatest art, but what about the people who attend museums? Are they artworks unto themselves? Blogger Xavier Aaronson is out to prove just that with his blog Babes at the Museum. The site takes a cue from street fashion blogs likes The Sat
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Required Reading
This week, droit de suite, art conservation, Daniel Burren and Allora & Calzadilla, ruin porn, hacking Ikea, top auction prices of 2011, the world's first spaceport, Penguin books logo and architecture tattoos.
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Required Reading
This week, droit de suite, art conservation, Daniel Burren and Allora & Calzadilla, ruin porn, hacking Ikea, top auction prices of 2011, the world's first spaceport, Penguin books logo and architecture tattoos.