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In 2008, not only did Obama and the Democrats win the US Presidential race but they hands down won the unofficial graphic design competition that vies for the hearts and minds of voters (even if on a subconscious level). As things are gearing up for 2012, the question is … did the GOP learn anything
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Happy Fourth of July everyone! When I think of this very American holiday, I think fireworks. So, I thought it was appropriate to share some notable art works that incorporate fireworks in different ways and demonstrate that the love of beautiful lights is quite universal.
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This week's Required Reading has Serra at the Met, pole dancing's relationship to art, tech's relationship to whiteness, mud stenciling, sound art, ruminations on the art world by a bigwig at Christie's and the art of getting high.
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Ever wonder what's right and wrong with the art world? William Powhida has some ideas. I thought it would be nice to post the stuff that's "right," but it's fun to read what he thinks is "wrong."
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Ever wonder what's right and wrong with the art world? William Powhida has some ideas. I thought it would be nice to post the stuff that's "right," but it's fun to read what he thinks is "wrong."
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This video is a tall glass of cool water and worth your time just to learn the six types of art bollocks (more commonly known as "artspeak") …
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You may have seen it in the New York Times: a half-page ad warning readers “Do not enter the Netherlands. Cultural meltdown in progress.” The ad (which apparently cost $26,000) was bought by a group called Dutch Artists 2011 to protest the catastrophic funding cuts proposed by Holland's Geert Wilder
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Ignore the nice moody song and James Franco's disembodied smiling head, and just concentrate on the cheesiness of Kalup Linzy's new music video filled with vagina imagery … Judy Chicago would be proud, or weirded out. Take your pick.
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At Pitti Immagine, one of the largest fashion trade shows in Florence, Dame Vivienne Westwood debuted her second Ethical Fashion Africa Collection in partnership with the International Trade Centre. The first, back in February, was a small offering of three tote bags, but for her sophomore effort sh
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I don't know how I missed this detail in Renaissance art class, but here's a first-hand account of visiting a sexy bathroom in the Papal apartment painted by one of the masters of the High Renaissance.
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This video is a spoof of artist statements. I certainly don't want people to think all artists are like this, but it's too good not to share. Enjoy.
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Jerry Saltz is like the art world's hip uncle. But is he getting too curmudgeonly to hang with the kids? In the critic's recent New York Magazine essay, Saltz calls young artists “Generation Blank” for being not original enough and too digestible by critics — cliche. Meanwhile, other art youth compa