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	<title><![CDATA[Celebrating Art For Its Own Sake (in Chelsea, of all places)]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-melber/celebrating-art-for-its-o_b_220351.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Last night, over 1800 people flooded the old <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/arts/design/06voge.html?_r=1&amp;amp;partner=rss&amp;amp;emc=rss&amp;amp;pagewanted=all" target="_blank">Dia Art Foundation building</a> in Chelsea, now the home of <a href="http://www.x-initiative.org/" target="_blank">X-Initiative</a>, for the opening of <i>No Soul For Sale</i>. Originally conceived by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2005/dec/21/art">art-world jester</a> <a href="http://www.mauriziocattelan.org/" target="_blank">Maurizio Cattelan</a>, it is a sort of anti-art-fair fair showcasing three dozen non-profit arts organizations from Hong Kong to Brooklyn. <br /> <br />"We saw a need to react to what's going on," said Josh Altman, the assistant director of...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-06-25T17:44:00-04:00</date_published>
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