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"Reinventing Ritual" at the Jewish Museum

Oliver Noble | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Rachel Kanter, Art, Heeb Magazine, Mezuzah, Judaism, New York City, Alex Mikesell, Jewish Museum, Reinventing Ritual, Tamara Kostianovsky, New York News
Oliver Noble

Reinventing Ritual is a bold conversation about the Jewish future. Who would have thought it would have happened on the Upper East Side?

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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Culture Zohn Off the C(H)uff: Sasha Nicholas Makes Sense of Georgia O'Keeffe

Patricia Zohn | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Wnet, Alfred Stieglitz, LIFETIME Television, Ansel Adams, Whitney Museum, Arthur Dove, Georgia O'Keeffe, Art, New Mexico, Sasha Nicholas, New York News
Patricia Zohn

2009-09-18-chuff_okeefe_fp.jpgAn exclusive conversation with a curator of the Whitney Museum O'Keeffe exhibition sheds light on the intimate letters of the passionate power couple of art.

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International Art on Governors Island: Watermill Center teams with Dutch for performance festival

Lauren DiGiulio | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Watermill Center, Art, Robert Wilson, Urban Planning, Public Spaces, Governors Island, ny400, New York News
Lauren DiGiulio

Throughout this month, Governors Island plays host to the Dutch government-sponsored New Island Festival, a two-week art extravaganza featuring provocative theater, installation, and music events.

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Insound 10 Classic Design Project

Mike Perry | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Artists, Art, Artwork, Poster, Band Posters, Entertainment News
Mike Perry

A little compromising between my ideas and those of the bands involved in this new project landed us with 10 unique posters celebrating the result of making. Music, posters, art.

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Cambodian Soldiers Use Tattoos To Protect Them From Bullets

GlobalPost | John Maloy | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Art, Body Art, Cambodia Soldier, Cambodia, Cambodia Soldiers, Magic Tattoos, Cambodia Tattoos, Tattoos, World News

John Maloy I GlobalPost Cambodian soldiers believe certain tattoos can protect them from bullets and landmines, and even make them invisible. PHNO...

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Atom Cianfarani's Green Roofs Are Two Of The Smallest In City

New York Times | Jennifer 8. Lee | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Art, Public Art, Green Architecture, Welcomed Guests, Brooklyn, Department of Transportation Urban Art Program, Atom Cianfarani, Ny Art, Red Hook, New York Art, Green Roofs, New York News

Green roofs have become all the architectural rage these days, with each new one claiming to be the biggest of such-and-such area, type, whatever. But...

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Reused McDonald's Bags Turned In Awesome Art

scienceblogs.com | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Yuken Teruya, Repurposed Bags, Art, Mcdonalds Art, Green News

Paper artist Yuken Teruya does the impossible by turning a fast food bag into a stunning sunset-dappled lone tree....

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Thom Bierdz: Daytime's Inspired Resurrection Isn't Restless Anymore

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Thom Bierdz, Lacma, Art, The Young and the Restless, Phyllis Bierdz, Gay Hollywood, Prop 8, Oprah, Contemporary Art, Forgiving Troy, Cbs, Daytime TV, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

For daytime TV viewers, it's not just Oprah anymore. Thom Bierdz is back on the dial. His mother would be proud.

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Just Like Andy Warhol, You Can Adorn a Museum of Modern Art Wall

David Finkle | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Andy Warhol, Art, Contemporary Art, Performance Art, Roman Ondak, Participation Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Moma, Measuring the Universe, New York News
David Finkle

Warhol will remain in place, but your chance to shout 'Catch me at MOMA" will evaporate. The opportunity you seized not only to look at art but to be art will be terminally turpentined away.

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Google Street View Helps Artist Paint The World

ABC News | Posted 09.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Google Street View Artist, Bill Guffey, Art, Google Street View, Google, Media News

To reach the closest Wal-Mart, Guffey said he needs at least 30 minutes in the car. But with 30 seconds on his computer, he can fly around the world w...

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Should Internet Content Be Free? The Best Model to Save Newspapers, Books, and Music in the Digital Age

Anis Shivani | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Limited Copyright, Newspapers, Free Content, Copyright, Content, Artistic Collaboration, Perpetual Copyright, Copyright Extension, Chris Anderson, "Free: The Future of a Radical Price, Intellectual Property, Music, Creative Commons, Lawrence Lessig, Cross-Subsidies, Publishing Industry, Free Economy, Digital Economy, Digital, Future of the Internet, Google, Wikipedia, Public Domain, Paid Content, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Microsoft, Books, Business Models for Digital Content, Thomas Jefferson, Death of Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Mark Helprin, Linux, Moore's Law, Espresso Book Machine, Art, Piracy, " "Digital Barbarism: A Writer's Manifesto, Advertising, Digital Age, Music Industry, Freemium, " Free, Media News
Anis Shivani

How can we retain, even enhance, creativity in the digital age, taking advantage of near-zero costs of redistribution? Two recent books consider the question.

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How to Green Your Art Collection

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Artisans, Sculpture, Green, Earth, Conservation, Artists, Painting, Paper, Soy, Recycling, Art, Diy, Environment, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Climate Change, Global Warming, National Parks, Ink, Green News
Avital Binshtock

If you're an art collector, aficionado, or appreciator, these four tips should help you shift your collection (or simply the way you see art) into a more earth-minded endeavor.

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Can Art Keep You Out of Jail? Rikers Inmates and Alumni Exhibit Paintings

Glyn Vincent | Posted 09.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Prison Reform, Art, Takashi Murakami, Recidivism, David Hockney, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Crown Heights, Rikers Island, New York News
Glyn Vincent

A new exhibition in Crown Heights showcases the work of young male inmates from Rikers Island Prison. Their teacher -- Miss J -- encourages her students to take risks and explore with paint.

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Buddhism, Spirituality, Mindfulness: NYC's Rubin Museum

Martin Brauen | Posted 08.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Art, New York, New York City, Tibetan Art, Rubin Museum of Art, Rubin Museum, New York News
Martin Brauen

It is this urgent connection to real life that has made the Rubin Museum of Art something of a magnet for seekers of all sorts.

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The Mighty Boosh: A Mighty Interview

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 08.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Funny, Ifc, Independent Film Channel, Bbc, Pants!, The Moon, Weird Animals, Laughing, Cult, Comiccon, Absurd, Cult Hit, Following, Art, Adult Swim, Fans, Influences, Strange, Sketch Comedy, Odd, Mighty Boosh, Comedy, Home News
Jeff Kreisler

Their appeal and fan base is definitely growing, whether or not it'll be enough to make them a hit in the U.S. still remains to be seen, but in the meantime founders Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding are certainly enjoying the ride.

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Booming Islamic Antiquities Market in the Gulf Leads to Thefts in Old Cairo Mosques

Journalism Boot Camp | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Arab World, Egypt, Doha, Islam, Sotheby's Christie's, Antiquities, Art Theft, Mosque, Islamic Architecture, Sotheby's, Muslim World, London, Art, Persian-Arabian-Gulf, Art Auctions, Cairo, Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar, World News
Journalism Boot Camp

Despite denials that the buying of pieces by Qatar helped fuel a black market, Egyptian officials say Gulf collectors are the reason Islamic heritage sites are being looted.

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Finding The Language Of Art

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychology, Art, Feminism, Truth, Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

I am beginning a new voyage into unknown territory - the worldly dimension of Art. I feel as though I was handed a flashlight in a dark room and beckoned to begin to explore.

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Berlin Wall: Artists Repaint Murals Leading Up To 20th Anniversary

GlobalPost | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Art, Germany, Foreign Affairs, Berlin Wall Murals, Berlin Wall Anniversary, Berlin Wall, Berlin East Side Gallery, Advocacy, Berlin, World News

An army of artists has assembled along the Berlin Wall on recent summer mornings, shielded by straw hats and baseball caps. Paintbrushes in one hand, ...

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Discovering Greece: Thessaloniki is Cooler Than You

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Tourist Attractions, Macedonia, Greek, Mount Olympus, Travel, Balkans, Archaeology, Loreena McKennitt, Athens, Culture, Tourism, Art, Northern Greece, Christianity, Travel Writing, Greece, Thessaloniki, Israel, Ilana Teitelbaum, World News
Ilana Teitelbaum

Thessaloniki is far from the classic tourist fantasy of Greece: there are no nearby islands, and Delphi and Athens are far away. But it is the country's cultural capital and the epitome of cool.

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Fairey v. AP v. Garcia v. Fairey: "Hope" Poster Photographer Asks, "What About Me?"

Jonathan Melber | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Fair Use, Copyright, Mannie Garcia, Associated Press Fair Use, Law, AP Fair Use, Photography, Art, Shepard Fairey, Barack Obama, Obama Hope Poster, Media News
Jonathan Melber

I still think the "Hope" poster constitutes fair use. But if anyone can convince a court otherwise, it's photographer Mannie Garcia's formidable legal team.

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Scott Moore's Bailout Art (PHOTO)

Posted 08.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Scott Moore Bailout Art, Art, Bailout Art, Bailouts, Scott Moore, Painting, Business News

Via The Big Picture comes the interesting artwork of Scott Moore. One of Moore's most recent projects has been depicting the financial crisis and res...

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A Postcard from the Venice Biennale

Barbara Isles | Posted 08.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Food, Italy, Art, Venice, Venice Biennale, Biennale, Style News
Barbara Isles

Here I am in the mobbed frenzy that is the 53rd Biennale. I am so lucky to be staying with my friend Bianca in her palazzo Papadopoli, where I can smell the jasmine and lime blossoms coming through my window from her garden.

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

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Lauri Lyons

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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Kids Create Tote Bags For Versace's 'Art Unites' Initiative

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 08.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Donatella Versace, Art, Starlight Children's Foundation, Art Unites, Whitney Art Museum, Fashion, Versace, One Foundation, Whitney, Whitney Gala, Style News

Versace's newest designers were hard at work at the Whitney Museum on Wednesday night, using fabric markers to draw their favorite memories onto tote ...

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