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A Green Art Manifesto

Brendan Smith | Posted 12.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Arts, Craft, Climate Change, Green Living, Entertainment, Copenhagen 2009, Green Politics, Modern Art, Contemporary Art, Climate Change Art, Climate Crisis, New York News
Brendan Smith

You've seen us on the streets and farmers markets of New York, San Francisco, and Atlanta, selling our dresses sewn from recycled umbrellas and clocks milled from reclaimed wine tanks.

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Contemporary Artists Tackle Climate Change (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Contemporary Art, Climate Change, Modern Art, Art Exhibits, Climate Change Art, Copenhagen 2009, Green News

ReThink the Implicit is a new, installation-based exhibit at the Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art in Copenhagen. In honor of the United Nations Cli...

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When Historical Partnerships End Before the Work Is Finished

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 12.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Christo, Marie Curie, Jeanne-Claude, The Mastaba, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, The Gates, Pierre Curie, Artists, Over the River Project for the Arkansas River, Modern Art, Over the River, Style News
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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Whitney To Open Renzo Piano-Designed Museum At Entrance To Highline

nytimes.com | Carol Vogel | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York

Read More: The Highline, Dia Museum, Renzo Piano, Meatpacking District, Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, High Line Urban Park Near the Standard Hotel, New York, New York City, The Standard, Highline, New York News

Three years after reaching a tentative agreement with the city, the Whitney Museum of American Art is forging ahead with plans to build a second museu...

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Obama's Modern Art (PHOTOS): White House's New Art On Display

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 10.07.2009 | Style

Read More: White House, Glenn Ligon, Michelle Obama, National Gallery, Obama Art, Modern Art, Slidepoll, Jeri Redcorn, Richard Feigin, Rothko, Obamas Paintings, Ruscha, Barack Obama, Obamas Art, Modern Art White House, William Allman, White House History, Interior Decorating, Hirshorn Museum, Hirshorn Musuem and Sculpture Garden, Art Collection, Harry Copper, Jasper Johns, Abstract, Alma Thomas, Michael Smith, Patents, Alma Thomas Obama, Obama White House Art Collection, Style News

WASHINGTON (AP) You can't see it, but there's a quiet cultural revolution under way at the White House. The Obamas are decorating their private space...

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Culture Zohn: Pianissimo from Renzo Piano: The New Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago

Patricia Zohn | Posted 07.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Modern Wing Art Institute of Chicago, Modern Wing, Renzo Piano, Modern Art, New Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Starchitects, Chicago News
Patricia Zohn

2009-06-11-799_northfacade400.jpg New York, LA, San Francisco, Houston, eat your hearts out: Renzo Piano has saved his best US work so far for Chicago.

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A Warhol for the West Wing

Jonathan Melber | Posted 03.29.2009 | Style

Read More: White House, Contemporary Art, Obama, Economic Stimulus Package, Modern Art, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Policy, Style News
Jonathan Melber

It's a good sign that Obama has shown an interest in contemporary art. Let's hope it extends beyond the White House walls.

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Greening Hollywood: L.A. Art Show's Visually Moving Feast

Paige Donner | Posted 02.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Pan American Arts Project, Jacob Karpio Galeria, Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Sundaram Tagore, Robischon Gallery, Los Angeles Arts Month, George Rivera, Guggenheim Museum, Natvar Bhavsar, Andrew Moses, Chillida, Botero, Thiebaud, Kadir, mtv3, Tasende, Andy Warhol, Zhang Dal, Modern Art, Los Angeles, Contemporary Art, Style News
Paige Donner

Los Angeles Arts Month is an opportunity for the Los Angeles art community to synergize the Los Angeles Art Show with the City's artists and art institutions to create a cultural mecca.

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Credit Crunch Not Affecting Art Auctions

Reuters | Jeremy Lovell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Soetheby's, Olivier Camu, Christie's, Mark Twain, Art Auctions, Modern Art, Impressionist Art, Business News

Rather like the premature reports of the death of Mark Twain, forecasts of the collapse of the art market as a result of the global credit crunch appe...

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