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A Short But Succinct Survey of the Current Hand Turkey Stratosphere
Hand turkey. You know you've made one. And if you haven't, well, perhaps it's time you did.
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Art Rx: Thanksgiving Weekend Edition!
While the art world slows down a bit this weekend to eat turkey, there is still plenty to do to work off all those calories, or consume more. This week's Art Rx offers a medley of Thanksgiving weekend events including Diego Rivera's murals at MoMA, Big Onion's eating tour of the Lower East Side and,
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Artist Who Sparked Yvonne Rainer Letter to MOCA Speaks Out
We now know the identity of the artist who initially wrote Yvonne Rainer to complain of the conditions of the Marina Abramović performance during the LA MOCA gala. In a letter titled "Open Letter to Artists" published by the Performance Club, performer Sara Wookey explains her motivate for initially
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OWS Performance Art Piece Lands Performer Jobless
Memo to self. If I work as an independent contractor at a market research consulting firm and we get contracts from the city's billionaire mayor, then maybe I shouldn't pretend to be his press secretary to the media. Why the memo? Because this happened [http://www.observer.com/2011/11/performance-ar
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Pepper Spray Cop Meme Walks Through Art History
The pepper-spray cop from UC Davis, or Lt. John Pike, has become a meme, but not just any meme but one that is walking through art works of every stripe if only to prove have ridiculous and absurd his actions were in the face of non-violence resistance.
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Required Reading
This week, a number of online journals have launched new editions, the Clyfford Still Museum finally opened in Denver, the value of professional opinions in art, the relationship of Yves Klein and Ed Kienholz, Roberto Matta at 100, does corporate culture suck …
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One of the Most Chilling Photos from OWS
There haven't been very many iconic images or art works coming out of the Occupy Wall Street movement yet things may be changing. In addition to the OWS "bat signal" that we posted about earlier today, this photograph by AP photographer Randy L. Rasmussen may be one of the most incredible images cap
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The Story Behind Occupy Wall Street's "Bat Signal"
Yesterday's N17 Day of Action for the second month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street took the city by storm with demonstrators by the thousands crowding Union Square, Foley Square and flooding the Brooklyn Bridge. In probably one of the most awe-inspiring things to come out of this movement yet, OWS
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"We Need to Ai Weiwei": The Ai Weiwei Question on Chinese Social Media
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — What has the response to Ai Weiwei's tax case been like in China? We've seen the thrilling surge of netizens lending over a million dollars to the artist, and he recently made a deposit while he contests the bill. The artist has returned to Twitter, posting actively once more.
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Artist Protests Supposed Catholic Bashing at Brooklyn Museum
Oh, brother. Artist Scott LoBaido is "disgusted by the constant bashing of Catholicism" by a "publicly funded institute," so he decided to haul his painting of a naked Brooklyn Museum director Arnold Lehman and a toilet to said institution and filmed it! No word on his thoughts about the constant ba
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Weekly Art Rx
This week's prescription is full of exciting show openings that will have you running around like a feverish art fanatic. We should mention that is a potential side effect.
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The Bad Celebrity Art of Richard Phillips
Holy shit, I can't believe how bad someone who shows at Gagosian can be. Honestly, WTF!?!?! I love embracing artists of all stripes but this dude essentially makes high-brow-ish fan art.