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That artists have a tendency to be strange is not surprising. However, Erik Satie, who was a groundbreaking composer that lay the foundation for minimalism in 20th-century classical music, really waved his freak flag high.
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One can only imagine the patience and tolerance required of New York Magazine writer Amy Larocca to spend time with Vanessa Beecroft and listen to the utter absurdity spewing from the artist’s mouth.
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We received the following statement from the Art Not Oil coalition regarding the new BP sponsorships of major cultural institutions in the UK.
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This week, minimalism and class pollitics, art and drugs, hackers extort web users, Zumthor redesign for LACMA revealed, and more.
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"There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it."
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At a round-table discussion at Smack Mellon gallery, convened on July 27 by Hyperallergic and the gallery, the issue of the distinction between propaganda and art was in focus.
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This week, art in shadow banking, the impact of focal length, oppressive minimalism, slave labor at the White House, Werner Herzog on Pokémon Go, and more.
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"I do see myself as the heir to a vast, great, rich culture of painting — of art in general — which we have lost, but which places obligations on us."
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In the wake of Russian and regime-led airstrikes on the already abused Syrian city of Aleppo, I saw it again: the raised hand, a meme I had been obsessed by during the first street protests of spring 2011.
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This week, digitizing the Library of Congress, conceptual art in Britain, the context for Hellenistic art, the five genders of Native American cultures, pomo ethics, and more.
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"Art is either plagiarism or revolution."
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This week, Cleveland artists and the RNC, Nicole Eisenman's genius, the Baton Rouge protest image in context, blackness and contemporary art, and more.