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On Bombshells and Public Art
A new Marilyn Monroe sculpture went up in Chicago but homegrown reaction to the sculpture has been "almost uniformly negative" … though you wouldn't know if you were checking Flickr.
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James Franco Tries To Make Non-Visible Art More Visible, Even on TV
Thought that James Franco's recent apparent breakup with art BFF Kalup Linzy [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/fashion/performance-artist-kalup-linzy-and-the-art-of-being-a-character.html?_r=1] meant that you wouldn't be seeing quite as much of his grinning disembodied mug [http://hyperallergic.com
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Required Reading
This week's Required Reading … Banksy on UK phone-tapping scandal, Hirst-a-palooza at Gagosian Galleries worldwide, affordable Warhols, what do you do with a stolen art work, Sam Maloof, Hans Hoffmann as art teacher, how the "Mona Lisa"'s became famous and the problem with "minorities."
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The State of Cosplay in China
A look at cosplay, or costumed play, in China and how it is different than elsewhere. Also, how it relates to the work of Chinese artists, like Cao Fei.
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Some Artistic Perspective on the Debt Ceiling Stupidity
This makes my blood boil. Coincidentally, the NEA (for those who may not know) is the National Endowment for the Arts [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts]. Article linked to in the tweet here [http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/01/markets/debt_ceiling_treasury_bills/index.htm]. [
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Pixel Pushers Rejoice, There's a New GIFt Mart in Town!
The Creator's Project blog is looking at the ways people are trying to sell GIFs and other net art online.
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Breaking: Julian Schnabel's Abode Fading from "Pompeii Red" to "Venetian Pink"
We haven't been covering the humble home of artist Julian Schnabel, known as Palazzo Chupi, like others [http://ny.curbed.com/tags/palazzo-chupi] have but that's not to say we haven't been gawking at a distance trying to figure out WTF why the hell he made it.
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Required Reading
This week's Required Reading explores the restoration of earthquake-damaged Haitian murals, an archeological mystery in West Asia, the 18th C toilette tradition, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge on pandrogeny, connecting the dots on Mona Lisa, the Banksy app, the year's worst first sentences, cool iPhone ca
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MoMA Yings & Crystal Bridges Yangs
Are American art institutions engaged in a Manichean battle between exclusivity and access? Will this be settled with a mud wrestling match between Crystal Bridges benefactor Alice Walton and MoMA director Glenn Lowry? Please, oh please, say it will be.
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Architecture Drama on 53rd Street
Will Jean Nouvel's MoMA tower get built? The initially 1,250 foot project has already had its crown knocked off and it is now slated to be 1,050 feet high but no word yet about the final design, according to the New York Observer this week …
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Artist Wants to Hear About Everyone You've Never Met
Artist William Powhida has taken to Twitter for his latest project, “Everyone We’ve Never Met (from memory and imagination),” and he explains, "In another effort to broaden the project and to make the ideas of 'Everyone' mean more than Sheboygan and vacationers from Chicago in a way that I can still
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Museum Places Donation Box Next to Sculpture to Help Them Buy It
Boston's Museum of Fine Art is asking visitors to donate so they can add the 42-foot-high, 10,000 pound, 2,400 piece "Lime Green Icicle Tower" sculpture that is a highlight of the current Dale Chihuly show.