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New York City was originally a colony of the Dutch, so maybe it's no coincidence that the aftermath of Sunday and Monday's storm put me in mind of some Netherland Baroque landscapes. Here's Hendrick Avercamp's 1608 “Winter Landscape with Iceskaters”. Click through for some more of my favorite winter
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This video, "Art Money" was created by San Francisco-based artist Spencer Keeton Cunningham [http://spencercunningham.com] & Erlin Geffrard as one part of "an on going work in progress of contemporary art videos." The music is by Kool Kid Kreyola and Spencer Keeton Cunningham. This is all obviously
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San Francisco Rainbow over the Bay Bridge [http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5248/5284998586_1cb98ba7d0_z.jpg]http://www.flickr.com/photos/redpilotmedia/5284998586/ This stunning photo was taken by photographer and Bay Area tech host Lisa Bethany. She has blogged a step-by-step guide on how she create
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The short answer is probably not [http://artmeetslaw.blogspot.com/2010/12/finally-serious-response-to.html] under US law but we're not sure under Canadian law.
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We reported on the case of the Russian art collective Voina last week [http://hyperallergic.com/15354/voina-interview/] but today Marina Galperina of Animal NY has an update and interview [http://animalnewyork.com/2010/12/voina-to-animal-real-art-is-in-the-street-or-in-prison/] with Voina's Alexei P
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Mira Schor writes about the disturbing reaction of the Gagosian Gallery (and the NYPD) during a silent protest at the gallery's 24th Street space last week. [HUFFINGTON POST [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mira-schor/gagosian-gallery-pulls-a_b_801033.html]]
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Filmmaker Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films shoots down MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch's decision to whitewash the Blu mural without consulting the community … This.Is.A.Must.Read. …
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Christmas blues got you down? Have I got the solution for you! Check out a hot fresh batch of links for the lead-up to Christmas and all that other stuff, sure to delight, entertain, educate and amaze. I guarantee there is no Wojnarowicz or Blu content to be found. Above, I've switched out Natalie J
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As far as the year in social media goes, Twitter is far and away my choice for a handy source of updates, information and air-testing inside the art world or out. Pretty much anything that you want to know about gets broadcast into your Twitter stream with a good enough group of follows. To the end
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Critic, writer and independent game developer Ian Bogost has created a suite of four games entitled “A Slow Year.” Comprised of a set piece about each of the four seasons, Bogost has made video games into meditations, interactive haiku meant to slow down the player instead of them speed up. Kotaku [
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This video was produced for MoMA's ninth installment of the Performance Exhibition Series [http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1124], which features Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, more commonly referred to as Allora & Calzadilla, and the staging of their haunting performance "S
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The Little Artists, now known as Cake & Neave, turn iconic works of art into tiny lego sculptures. In one series, the duo create artist portraits like this one of Jeff Koons, featured with his (basket)balls. This isn't the Made in Heaven series, people!