The Gates

8 Canceled TV Shows Betty White Could Have Saved (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post | Katie Honan & Ross Luippold | Posted 05.25.2011

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Television shows get canceled for many different reasons, from low ratings to high production costs. But if there's one thing we've learned over the l...

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The Art World Remembers Jeanne-Claude in Real-Time

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kristi York Wooten

The husband-wife artists known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude -- responsible for beautiful, temporary works of art such as Valley Curtain and The Gates in Central Park -- were divided on November 18, 2009, when Jeanne-Claude died at age 74

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Curtains Down on a History of Patronage

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bettina Korek

This is an example of a corporation and an advertising agency (BBDO in this case) taking from artists and not feeling any responsibility to give back to the community.

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AT&T Rips Off "The Gates" By Christo And Jeanne-Claude? (VIDEO, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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AT&T may be rethinking their "Rethink Possible" ad campaign after being accused of ripping off the work of artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. In a ne...

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Artlog's Top Art & Culture Picks

Artlog | Posted 05.25.2011

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For those of you who have yet to show off your legs this summer, perhaps you can learn a lesson or two from Albrecht Dürer's idea of beauty.

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When Historical Partnerships End Before the Work Is Finished

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lapham's Quarterly

For two people seemingly fused together and yet fiercely independent, one of the great misconceptions about Christo and Jeanne-Claude's art was that the artist was solely Christo.

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Jeanne-Claude Dead: Gates Co-Creator, Christo's Wife Dies

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the...

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Public Art In New York: Pick Your Favorite! (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week the art world was agog over Duke Riley's Queens Museum naval battle entitled "Those About to Die Salute You." Was Riley's work the greate...

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