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This week's post on Hyperallergic about how awesome art teachers are sparked a lot of response, so we decided to start a little Twitter action: we re-tweeted everyone who sent us their most influential art teachers, whether it was a college professor or an elementary school instructor. This heartwar
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The recent case of the dictator Sultan of Brunei brother’s sex sculptures [http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-03/prince-jefri-of-bruneis-trial-features-nude-statues/full/] makes us wonder why the member of southeast Asia royalty didn’t just commission Jeff Koons, who knows a thin
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Underneath Las Vegas are 200 miles of flood tunnels that are also home to 1,000 people and an art gallery. According to the Daily Mail, “… the destitute and hopeless have constructed a community beneath the city and have even dedicated one section of tunnels to an art gallery filled with intricate g
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Reports hold that Purple Magazine editor Olivier Zahm, widely known for being a skeezy dude who documents his love sex life obsessively online on Purple's Diary, is just super into the ladies. Says Rachel Chandler, a Purple contributor, “A lot of people think he’s a sexist pig... What they don’t get
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I came across this wonderful story in the Hackensack Chronicle and my heart melted. Art teachers are the heart and soul of the visual arts but they often don’t get the recognition they deserve. I was happy to hear that this small group of teachers in Hackensack was recognized by the Art Educators of
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A November 2, Supreme Court hearing attempted to answer the question of whether or not video games are free speech, reports the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/us/03scotus.html]. How do we decide what constitutes violence in a video game, and who has access to it? Contemporary art
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With the news of Jeff Koons new mansion rising on the Upper East Side comes the tantalizing thought of what it would be like to hang out in some other superstar artists' homes. Studios are cool and all, but the real fun would come with the art-installation living rooms and the nursery that looks mor
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It seems as though all those hanging hearts, flower puppies and porn paintings are finally paying off for Jeff Koons, as the superstar artist has begun to plan the renovation [http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2010/10/29/artist_jeff_koons_assembling_upper_east_side_megamansion.php#more] of two enormous
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Some things leave us speechless and this bite of Twitter wisdom is one of them. There are no words for this ridiculousness though it really does put things into perspective. For information on the history of US arts funding, visit a post [http://blog.art21.org/2009/07/08/arts-stimulus-funding-pt-1/]
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Unbeknown to the vast majority of New Yorkers, a street art project has quietly been taking place under the streets of our fair city, artist by artist and flashlight by flashlight. The Underbelly Project is a reaction against the overwhelming commercialization of street art. Project organizers Workh
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Every week, we'll recap the best comments we've received on Hyperallergic's posts, whether that's on the blogazine itself, on Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook. Be sure to check in every Friday for new comments. This week, readers respond to the UK arts funding cuts, Hans Ulrich Obrist's book reading ext
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The Washington Post, always the voice for the powerful, connected, and well-moneyed, has an article on the victims of art dealer Lawrence Salander. They've tracked down Earl Davis, the son of American modern master Stuart Davis, some psychiatrist whose father's collection was entrusted to the dealer