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Discovering a Downtown New York Artist Who Disappeared for 30 Years
I had never heard of Jill Kroesen before a Whitney Museum press release landed in my inbox a few months ago
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Ellsworth Kelly Explains His Relationship to Abstraction
"I've always lived in the present tense, and I like my paintings to be in the present tense," Ellsworth Kelly begins his interview with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in 2013.
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When the Performance Artist Mr. Peanut Ran for Mayor in 1974
In 1974, artist Victor Trasov ran for mayor of Vancouver under the guise of his performance art persona, Mr. Peanut.
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A Glimpse of Photography's Hand-Colored Past
In the days when black-and-white photography reigned, professional colorists took on the task of creating technicolor views by meticulously painting pictures by hand.
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Kara Walker’s Puppets Dance in a New Music Video for Santigold
Even if you're familiar with artist Kara Walker’s signature shadow puppets, you've probably never seen them looking as cheerful as they do in electro-pop artist Santigold’s new music video.
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Simon Says This Is the Best Music Video Filmed in a Museum
For his 1999 hit single "Simon Says," the Queens rapper Pharoahe Monch used one of the borough's most sci-fi structures as a post-apocalyptic battleground.
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Cruising Through Ed Ruscha’s Career in Seven Minutes
Despite his resistance to the characterization, Ed Ruscha has a reputation as a quintessential Los Angeles artist.
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Welcome to Videodrome
Once a year, Hyperallergic probes the video vault that is the internet to present a daylong series we’ve named after the 1983 sci-fi classic Videodrome.
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Required Reading
This week, the new African American museum, the troubles of nonprofit workers, Norton Museum's Cranach diptych, the Qatari art scene, colonial nostalgia, and more.
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Weekend Words: Soft
"My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music."
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Wanna Be a Tate Curator? Don't Quit Your Day Job!
In mid June, Tate opened the £260 million expansion of Tate Modern, the Switch House. In mid August, it posted three job listings for assistant curator positions at Tate Britain and Tate Modern with starting annual salaries of £24,360.
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End of the Line for Detroit's Iconic Outdoor Art Installation, the Heidelberg Project
DETROIT — It is difficult for a young artist to think about her legacy.