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Spotty Comments of the Day: Hirst-a-palooza
We've collected some of the most interesting comments we've received on the Hirst spot paintings. Almost everyone hates them but the reasons are always different.
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Damien Hirst's Power to Piss People Off
Like most art writers and enthusiasts, I rolled my eyes when I first heard about Damien Hirst's spotted global Gagosian invasion. Then I started thinking maybe the artist's real artistic strength comes from his unquestionable power to piss people off.
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Is Alfred Steiner's "Erased Schulnik (Diptych)" Copyright Infringement?
Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento of the always interesting Clannco: Art & Law blog has chimed in about our yesterday's post "When Paintings Are Easily Reproduced." He tackles the legal question around Alfred Steiner's "Erased Schulnik (Diptych)" (2010).
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A Dizzying City of the Future Now
Chris Burden's frenetic installation at LACMA "refers specifically to Los Angeles … of the future" but it's more reminiscent of fast-growing megacities, like Chongqing and Dubai.
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Taking the Protest to the Money
What is so common that it can be a platform for your work? One project, Occupy George (as in Washington), has found their solution, money.
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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.