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Weekend Words: Tower

A new luxury condominium tower (104 units, $7,000,000-$95,000,000) under construction in Manhattan has just topped off at 1,396 feet — 150 feet taller than the Empire State Building.

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Paul McCarthy's Epic Plug de Noël Goes Flaccid After Mounting Problems

After a rough start for Paul McCarthy's 80-foot tall "Tree," that included a few punches and name-calling by people unhappy with the artist's provocation, the inflatable green sculpture has been, well, unplugged.

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Paul McCarthy's XXXmas Tree Plugs Up Paris

American artist Paul McCarthy has erected his latest Christmas-themed work, “Tree,” and it has plugged up Paris’s Place Vendome for the FIAC Contemporary Art Fair.

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Some Tips for Artists from Chinese President Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping, president of China and general secretary of its Communist Party, has, like his predecessors going back to Mao Zedong, some opinions about how "art workers" should go about their labor.

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Women and Men Looking and Not Looking at Art

For better or for worse, visual art seems to be having a populist moment. On the "better" side of that situation is the fact that more people are taking the time to think about and engage with art; on the "worse" side is that for a number of those people, engaging with art means using it as a backdr

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13 Responses to the Beyoncé & Jay-Z Pic with the Mona Lisa

Some thoughts …

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Required Reading

This week, a new Islamic museum, a mysterious art dealer, protest objects, Palestinian food controversy, art of coding, kangaroos boxing, and more.

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Weekend Words: Tax

Good news from the IRS: you can be an artist even if you don’t make all that much money at it. Isn't that what we needed to hear?

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Now Is ArtPrize's Chance to Prove It Deserves an Art World Spotlight [UPDATED]

Last night, artist Steve Lambert announced that he will not be keeping the money if he wins an ArtPrize award. ArtPrize is the large art festival that gives away over half a million dollars through a balanced formula of art professional and public voting (each group gives away roughly $300,000).

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I Don't Care About David Byrne Anymore?

David, I received your missive in my Facebook feed. You know, the one where you pseudo-declare, “I Don’t Care About Contemporary Art Anymore?”

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Turning Power Plants into Public Art

What if artists could use their know-how to engage in a practice that actually brings about real change?

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A Character Actor Gets a Trilogy of His Own

LOS ANGELES — “Who is Tony Longo?” my editor inquired, after I pitched her on this piece about Thom Andersen’s new short film "The Tony Longo Trilogy" (2014).