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Enabling New Platforms for Poetry
OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter has often been likened to haiku.
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Fishing for Flotsam in a Polluted River
STONE RIDGE, N. Y. — Michael Asbill, a socially engaged installation and public artist working in the Hudson Valley, has built "RAFT," a shanty-like shipwrecked vessel of last resort made entirely of flood debris foraged from the local banks of the Hudson River watershed.
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Folklore as Conceptual Kitsch
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Sin rodeos traces Betsabeé Romero’s practice and includes new works that reflect upon several artists from the state of Jalisco, Mexico.
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Considering Errors, Omissions, and Mistakes in Art
Like the episodic Richard Brautigan novel from which the show draws its name, Franklin Street Works' Kool-Aid Wino is a playful yet sincere riff on the slapdash, crooked, and obscure virtue of errors.
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Drawing on Urban Life with the Body
I've always been fascinated with the ancient Western story of the origin of art and that immediately came to mind at the performance of Susan Hefuna and Luca Veggetti's "NOTATIONOTATIONS" (2013).
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The Consolation of Temptation
ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands — The greatest temptations, in a show called The Temptation of AA Bronson, are not epicurean, sensual, or even sexual. Instead the visitor is torn between mysticism and reason, knowing that perhaps too much of either could be unbalanced.
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The Propeller Group Lands in New York
Despite the Propeller Group's collective experience, their reined-in launch show Lived, Lives, Will Live! at Lombard Freid Projects was anti-climatic.
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Dreaming on Death Row
NASHVILLE — Tennessee is the buckle of the Bible belt, situated below the state of Kentucky and just north of Alabama. The second night of my stay, I stopped by a show called Unit 2 (Part 1) at Coop Gallery in downtown Nashville. Organized by Watkins College of Art professors Robin Paris and Tom Wil
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Cary Leibowitz's Particular Shade of Pink
Not all shades of pink get equal attention. The glut of carnation pinks, the flood of hot pink, and the surges of magenta in street fashion, web design, and art — well, it adds up to a visual culture that leaves out other shades of pink. Cary Leibowitz's new solo show (paintings and belt buckles) is
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Eye-Opener: Paul Feeley 1957–1962
For those who think they know the work of Paul Feeley (1910–1966) the current exhibition will likely come as a surprise
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The City and the (Giant, Blue) Cock
LONDON — Katharina Fritsch’s "Hahn/Cock," the new sculpture placed on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, was unveiled on July 25th.
Books
When the Brooklyn Bridge Was Attacked by a Tentacle Monster and Other Alternate Histories
A little known fact: a great obstacle to the building of the Brooklyn Bridge was Rosie the East River Monster, whose tentacle can be seen grasping at the completed structure in an 1883 illustration.