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As the Smithsonian censorship of David Wojnarowicz's “A Fire in My Belly” video continues to make waves, it's important to remember that the decision was made not by National Portrait Gallery staff, but by the absentee Smithsonian secretary. A leaked memo drafted by Portrait Gallery director Martin
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I can't remember the last time so many bold faced art names were on mainstream television. Last night, Stephen Colbert tried to convince well-known art collector Steve Martin to buy his René Magritte-like portrait but it wasn't an easy sell. Colbert soon marched on some major artists to make it more
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Rob Maguire, who is the founder and editor of Art Threat [http://artthreat.net/], a Canadian blog devoted to exploring political art and showcasing artists whose work inspires social change, hurled out this nugget during a recent online "water cooler" hosted by The National Post newspaper about art
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We've all been curious about what David Wojnarowicz' video looks like installed in the lobby of the New Museum. Well, check it out! Click through for more photos.
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In the West, culture is at risk of being a form of entertainment -- exiled Iranian artist Shirin Neshat #TEDWomen [http://twitter.com/search?q=%23TEDWomen]less than a minute ago [http://twitter.com/anxiaostudio/statuses/12623138495930369] via Twitter for BlackBerry® [http://blackberry.com/twitter][h
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An Australian internet activist named Julian Assange (bio [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange]) exposes top secret American diplomacy on an international website. He's profiled last June in The New Yorker by Raffi Khatchadourian, photographed by Phillip Toledano [http://hyperallergic.tumblr
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The 2010 Turner Prize was announced last night, and Susan Philipsz was named the winner (against betting company William Hill’s unlikely odds of 16/5). Her piece, "Lowlands Away" (2010), has been much ballyhooed as the first sound installation to win the award for UK artists under the age of 50. The
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The great dynastic rulers of history have always called upon the best architects of their time to design their monuments and capital cities. iMagnate Steve Jobs is no different: Apple will work with British starchitect Norman Foster to design the company's new campus in Cupertino, California, rumore
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We're collecting reactions to last week's #Rank [http://www.facebook.com/pages/HashtagRank/172812192730772?v=info] event at the Seven Art Fair. Did you attend? Lead an event? Stumble upon it? Watch the livestream or follow it via Twitter? Which ever way you noticed it or tuned in, I want you to shar
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Sure they love the money, but not all Miamians are kumbaya about the alien spacecraft that is the art fairs and its annual landing in South Beach. The Miami New Times has a hilarious list of why they are glad the fairs are over [http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2010/12/50_reasons_were_glad_art
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Last night's party at the Fountain art fair [http://www.fountainexhibit.com/calendar.html] started off great with a rum bar and tacos that you could garnish which freshly picked mint and cilantro, but soon before midnight it devolved into an art auction where descending bids allowed the buyer — and
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On a recent RT America segment [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io4ydriHDUU], a Catholic League spokesperson is calling David Wojnarowicz's "A Fire in My Belly" video anti-Christian and compares ants on Jesus to "putting a swastika on a synagogue." The video was part of the Smithsonian's Hide/Seek ex