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It seems fitting to kick off our Videodrome day of art videos with one from Nam June Paik, an early video artist from Korea whose multimedia sculptures and installations challenged the boundaries of art making in the 60s and 70s. Here, check out Paik's “Electronic Opera #1”.
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Today, Hyperallergic will be presenting a series of video clips in something we're calling Videodrome. Join us for a video journey that will conjure up the bizarre, educational, surreal, manipulative and magical.
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Osama Bin Laden is dead, but that doesn't mean the vestiges of 9/11's impact on New York City are completely healed. With an infographic, the New York Times checks up on the most visible reminder of the event, the remains of Ground Zero and the construction of new World Trade Center buildings.
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In this week's recommended reading … photo essays on Afghanistan and the death of Osama bin Laden, a profile of Barbara Kruger, art won't make you unemployed, how death (or imprisonment) changes an artist's work, Hans Ulrich Obrist talks to Julian Assange, and a profile of suspected WikiLeaks source
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After a two-month-long public vote, the Smithsonian has released the results of its poll to determine the most important video games in history, for their upcoming The Art of Video Game exhibition. The selection attempts to provide a comprehensive canon of historical video games, but there are a few
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The Boston MFA is purchasing Christian Marclay's epic movie mash-up “The Clock” (2010) (recently on view in NYC) for $250,000. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art bought the piece in April, and there are rumors that MoMA plans to do the same. What's up with this collecting fad?
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The Clyfford Still Museum, now set to open Nov. 18 in Denver, says it will house 94% of the artist’s total creative output.less than a minute ago [https://twitter.com/#!/knightlat/status/65514717040484352] via web [http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/favorite.png] Favorite [http://twit
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Is appreciating art in its full context about the money … self promotion is forever … not all Chinese artists want to be political … are websites the art of our time … a 1988 video about graffiti being a crime … Superman is no longer American …
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The Gothamist got inside the secret rooms of Manhattan's The Frick Collection to take a look at the bowling allery, workshop and staff diner that are off limits to visitors. Check it out. [http://gothamist.com/2011/04/29/inside_the_fricks_secret_rooms.php#photo-1]
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In your quirky art news of the day: a Midtown Manhattan Subway restaurant has created a lifesize bust of football player and NFL draft pick Mark Ingram Jr. The twist? The 40-pound sculpture is made of chicken salad, veggies and other non-traditional art materials.
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Teri Tynes of the Walking Off the Big Apple blog went to the preview for Anthony Caro's mini-retrospective on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum. She has published a good set of photos and a post that reports on the artist and what he said during the press event.