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ESP TV -- Transmitting Forward and Backward at the Same Time

Rachel Mason | Posted 03.27.2013 | New York
Read More: Experimental Theater, Video, Esp, Experimental Music, Video Art, Tv, Printed Matter, Museum of Arts and Design, Indie Rock, New York News
Rachel Mason

Bringing back the aesthetic delight of early analog video pioneers, artists like the Vasulkas and Nam Jun Paik come to mind when watching episodes of ESP TV, the project of Victoria Keddie and Scott Kiernan.

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PHOTOS: You've Never Seen Crochet Like This Before

David Stark | Posted 04.13.2013 | HuffPost Home
Read More: Yarn Art, Nathan Vincent, David Stark, Crochet Art, Yarn Crafts, Crochet, Art and Design, Crochet Artist, Yarn Design, Museum of Arts and Design, HuffPost Home News
David Stark

Knitting's not just for grandmas.

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Scent As Pure Art

Mary Orlin | Posted 01.30.2013 | Arts
Read More: Olfactory Art, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Chandler Burr, Amié Guerlain, The Art of Scent, Museum of Arts and Design, Chanel No. 5, Perfumery, Arts News
Mary Orlin

A museum is probably the last place you'd expect to find perfume -- but one museum saw that the art of perfumery and the design of the scent could be viewed as an art form as legitimate as music, literature, sculpture and painting.

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Heart Of Glass

Posted 03.03.2012 | Arts
Read More: Jaume Plensa, Tomas Libertiny, Barbara Bloom, Glasstress New York, Vik Muniz, Jan Fabre, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Marya Kazoun, Mad, Patricia Urquiola, Luke Jerram, Javier Perez, Tony Oursler, Thomas Schutte, Silvano Rubino, Marta Klonowska, Kiki Smith, Joyce Scott, New York, Jaime Hayon, Video, Michael Joo, Mike and Doug Starn, Alessandro Mendini, Venice Biennale, Venice Glass Projects, Italian Art, Yutaka Sone, Museum of Arts and Design, Slidepollajax, Glass, Arts News

Though you may think the realm of glass is limited to Cinderella's slipper, the vessel for your wine, and Blondie's ex-beau's heart, the material actu...

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PHOTOS: Perfect Gifts For The Art Fanatic

Artlog | Posted 02.18.2012 | Arts
Read More: Holidays, Furniture, Design, Artlog, Little Collector, Moma, Artspace, Holiday Gifts, The Tate, Holiday, Gift Guide, Art, Grey Area, The Neue Galerie, Gift-Guides, The New Museum, Christmas, The Whitney Museum, Slidepollajax, 20x200, The Guggenheim, Interior Design, Museum of Arts and Design, Risd, Arts News
Artlog

Over at Artlog, we've compiled a list of unique gifts from our favorite museum stores and art websites, and the best part is, they're all online!

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Gay Porn Star To Offer Master Class At NYC Museum

Posted 11.17.2011 | Gay Voices
Read More: Video, Gay Porn, Francois Sagat, Francois Sagat Museum of Arts and Design, Francois Sagat MAD, Mad, Francois Sagat Porn, Museum of Arts and Design, Porn, New York City, Gay Voices News

It's not every day a famous gay porn star offers a master class at one of New York City's esteemed museums. But that's exactly what will take place on...

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A Mid-Century Moment

Jeannine Falino | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home
Read More: Slidepollajax, Museum of Arts and Design, Art Galleries New York, Decorative Art, Vintage Art, Decorative Arts, Modern Art, New York Art, HuffPost Home News
Jeannine Falino

We're in a midcentury moment; the present is anything but certain, the future is almost certainly bleak with a double dip recession looming on the horizon and a bruising election year ahead. So it is really no surprise that the past has acquired a nostalgic luster.

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PHOTOS: David Bowie, Artist

ARTINFO | Posted 08.31.2011 | Arts
Read More: Art, Film Forum, David Bowie, Artinfo, David-Bowie, Ziggy Stardust, Museum of Arts and Design, NY Culture, NY Around Town, Photography, Rock Music, Mother Monster, Bowie, Lady GaGa, Music Video, Slidepollajax, Glam Rock, Jean Genie, UK Arts, Arts News
ARTINFO

Lady Gaga is certainly not the first spandex wearing pop star to fancy herself a performance-artist-cum-musician. Long before Mother Monster came Zigg...

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Contemporary Design Takes Over New York For ICFF

Marina Cashdan | Posted 07.18.2011 | Arts
Read More: Model Citizens NYC, Shayna Kulik, Icff, Tobias Wong, Fredrik Färg, Caroline McKeough, Stephen Burks, Roll & Hill, Museum of Arts and Design, C McKeough Unlimited, Artek, Amuneal, New York, Glenn Ligon, Design, Chris Ofili, Arts News
Marina Cashdan

This past weekend New York City celebrated everything that is contemporary design with one of the world's most well-regarded design fairs, the annual ...

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SCENT DESIGN: NYC's Museum Of Art And Design Opens Olfactory Museum

AP | By ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: New York Museums, Center of Olfactory Art, MAD New York, Museum of Art and Design Olfactory Art, Fragrance Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, Perfume Design, Scent Museum, Scent Design, Arts News

NEW YORK - The nose rarely figures in the sensory experience of a museum visitor. That is about to change at one New York City museum. The Center of ...

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The Museum of Arts and Design Is Dissolving the Idea of Africa "As We Know It"

Lia Petridis Maiello | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Nigeria, New York City, African Art, Olu Amoda, Global Africa Project, Wahala Temi, Museum of Arts and Design, New York News
Lia Petridis Maiello

The "Global Africa Project" exhibit demonstrates a clear and thoughtful "third way" in terms of how to create economic sustainability in Africa.

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Dubai Prize Comes to New York: The 2010 Abraaj Capital Art Prize Winners at the Museum of Arts and Design

Marina Cashdan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Scad, South Asia, North Africa, Hala Elkoussy, Abraaj Capital, Laurie Ann Farrell, Marwan Sahmarani, Art Dubai, Middle East, Abdel Kader Attia, Mahita El Bacha Urieta, Museum of Arts and Design, Jelle Bouwhuis, Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Menasa, Arts News
Marina Cashdan

2010-10-12-pullphoto.jpg Last week, the U.S. premiere of the 2010 Abraaj Capital Art Prize opened at the Museum of Arts and Design.

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Top 5 NY Restaurants You Never Heard Of

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Museum of Arts and Design, Eating Out, NYC Restaurants, Dining, Zagat, Restaurants, Carlton, New York Restaurants, Blue Ribbon Sushi Uptown, New York News
Jack Hidary

When you think of dining out in style in NY places like Aureole and Jean Georges might come to mind. But there are some great restaurants not on the Michelin list.

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Art, Design and How We Learn

Agnes Gund | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Art, Colin Powell, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jamaica, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, Moma, Museum of Arts and Design, Corona, New York News
Agnes Gund

We know, when we are inside MoMA or the Met, that we are experiencing art; no doubt about it. What is less clear is that we are also experiencing art when we wander the avenues and alleys.

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