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Scale, Sculpture, and Specificity Prevail at Miami Beach's Untitled Fair
MIAMI BEACH — In a cavernous tent right on the sands of Miami Beach, Untitled Art Fair is opening this Wednesday with a sprawling group of international galleries.
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Artists Demand NYPD Return Edward Snowden Statue
On Tuesday morning civil rights lawyer Ronald Kuby and NYC Park Advocates president Geoffrey Croft held a press conference in Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park demanding the return of the sculpture bust of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden that three artists illegally installed there last week.
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Best of 2014: Our Top 20 NYC Art Shows That Weren't in Brooklyn
Let's face it: there's Brooklyn, and then there's the rest of New York City. (Sorry, rest of New York City!)
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Like It Is: William Powhida at Postmasters
William Powhida has been tracking the feeding habits of the oligarchy for years, which makes it seem almost prophetic that the Supreme Court struck down overall spending limits on Federal elections during the run of Overculture, his second solo show at Postmasters Gallery.
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OK Tablet Computer
Austin Lee’s OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK at Postmasters Gallery consists of eccentric, archetypal figures represented in both painting and sculpture.
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A Shadowy Plane in the Cave
Serkan Özkaya's "Mirage" (2013) was an ominous presence at the beta launch of the new Postmasters Gallery space in Tribeca.
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When Natural History and the Artist's Studio Collide
The American Museum of Natural History in New York is legendary for its examples of exquisite taxidermy and assemblages of bones, but these artifacts owe much of their vital aura to the museum’s trompe l’oeil murals, which offer sweeping panoramic visions of a land before time. Despite their flat su
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Lewd Monkey Goddesses, Luminous Death and Sequined Birth
Monica Cook’s Volley features a full cast of blemished bedazzled half-human, half-monkey sculptures. When I asked one viewer what he thought his response was, “It’s pretty dark, I mean, this ain’t no Winnie the Pooh you know …”
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Weekly Art Rx
Welcome to 2012! As soon as the clock struck midnight, not only did the new year begin, but the art world also got a shot of adrenaline as January brings in more exhibition openings than we can keep track of.
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What Does it Mean to Win in Video Game Art?
Until this Thursday, an arcade of interactive artistic video games is up at Postmaster’s Gallery in Chelsea. This mix of lo-fi and hi-res graphics, raw exposed circuit boards and games with clever gotcha moments, was a jolt of quirky joy on a cold Saturday afternoon.
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Your Weekly Art Rx
Here at Hyperallergic we are allergic to a lot — dust, nuts, cats, insipid art criticism, bad art shows, people who suck. Enter our weekly remedy: a list of exhibitions and events that will serve as your weekly dose of art medicine. Here is this week's prescription …
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VIP Art Fair Violates Online Privacy, Won't Load, Deletes Chats?
Today marks the first (and only) full week of the world's first online-only art fair. Ending on January 30, the VIP Art Fair has already begun to make waves. How is the fair fairing? Well, visitors are having mixed results. Due to heavy traffic the fair's website has been loading slowly, harshing th