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Stray Dogs, Argentine Zines, and Subterranean Art at SculptureCenter
The three exhibitions currently on display at Long Island City’s SculptureCenter reveal the institution’s commitment to recognizing broad swaths of contemporary art.
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Sharing Amateur Photographers' Shots from the New York World's Fairs
With the ostentatious pavilions gleaming during the day, and the fountains and futuristic statuary illuminated at night, the World's Fairs in New York were a photographer's dream.
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Let Them Eat Art: Queens Through the Ages
In her infamous speech at the British Museum last year, writer Hilary Mantel described Kate Middleton, future queen of England, as a “shop-window mannequin” whose sole purpose was to look pretty and give birth.
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5Pointz Developer Wants to Trademark "5Pointz"
The owner of 5Pointz, the former artists' studio complex and graffiti center in Queens that is currently being demolished, is trying to trademark the name "5Pointz" in order to market the apartments that will be built on the lot.
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After 27 Years, a New York World's Fair Relic Reopens to the Public
The public was invited inside a New York City architectural monument today for a view that has been off-limits for 27 years. The New York State Pavilion, designed by Philip Johnson, was open for just a few hours this afternoon.
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A Landmark Modernist House Needs a Home
A small house that once heralded the arrival of Le Corbusier–style architecture in the United States needs a home, but its potential new neighbors aren't terribly keen on the structure's stark modernism.
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There Are More People Who Are Dead Than Alive in Queens
Calvary Cemetery in Queens is something of a shadow city to New York. With over 3 million interments (roughly the population of the city of Chicago, to give the staggering number a visual), it not only has more burials than any other cemetery in the city, but also in the United States.
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Forms of Life: Breathing New Life into Traditional Genres
Radiator Gallery's From Life is a savvy exploration of how new technologies, current events and aesthetic concerns can breathe new life into traditional genres.
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Support the Queens Museum of Art
If the Queens Museum of Art isn’t the most well-known museum, it certainly is one of the most resourceful as it seems to work wonders with the limited resources they have. Tomorrow (Wednesday, June 9) is QMA’s annual gala and we hope you will consider supporting one of the borough of Queens’s leadin