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Print subscriptions Andrew Jeffrey Wright’s print subscription business is laid out in A.D. Amorosi’s story today in the Inky on an art...
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FX Harsono's Rebellious, Critical Voice Against 'Big Power' in Indonesia
For the past four decades, Mr. Harsono has provided a critical voice against political and social oppression in Indonesia. Some of his seminal work...
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NYT Arts
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EMI Music Names a New Chief
Charles Allen was named executive chairman of EMI Music. He replaces Elio Leoni-Sceti, who is leaving the company.
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Corey Haim, Actor, Dies at 38
Mr. Haim was an actor whose status as a teenage heartthrob of the 1980s gave way to substance abuse and rehabilitation as an adult.
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Bridge: As the Championships Begin, Revisiting a 2009 Highlight
The American Contract Bridge League’s Spring North American Championships start on Thursday in Reno, Nev.
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Books of The Times: James Hynes’s ‘Next’: A Job Interview to End All Interviews
In James Hynes’s new novel, a middle-aged man on a one-day trip to Austin for a job interview comes full to life at long last.
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The Mouse That Roared: Turning to the Internet to Catch a Favorite TV Show
With new devices making it easy to stream Internet content to a television, more people are watching cable shows for free.
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National Postal Museum Announces Design and Architectural Firms for the William H. Gross Stamp Gallery
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has selected two firms to create the William H. Gross Stamp Gallery: the exhibit-des...
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Marina Abramovic: Three Historic Films Presented by Creative Time
NEW YORK, NY.- At 44 1/2, Creative Time's presentation of video art on MTV's outdoor, gilded screen located in the heart of New York City's Times S...
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Jennifer Russell to Rejoin Metropolitan Museum as Associate Director for Exhibitions
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today that Jennifer Russell will return to the Museum as A...
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With Luis Camnitzer Exhibition, Daros Latinamerica Focuses on Conceptual Art
ZURICH.- Luis Camnitzer has been until very recently an insider’s tip in the field of conceptual art. He may be considered one of the art worl...
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Museum of Contemporary Art Presents Ceal Floyer's First Solo Museum Exhibition
MIAMI, FL.- The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami will present Ceal Floyer: Auto Focus from March 11 through May 9, 2010. This mid-c...
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Works by Degas, Delacroix to Visit AGO in North American Exclusive
TORONTO.- Lust. Passion. Murder. Many of the greatest artists of the 19th century shared a profound fascination with the theatre and its themes of...
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Musical Million is Made at Bonhams: Plague Survivor's 1692 Violin Sells for 54,000
LONDON.- A packed saleroom saw much enthusiastic bidding for a selection of Fine Musical Instruments at Bonhams auction this morning, with 86% sold...
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Dozen Centuries-Old Shipwrecks Found in Baltic Sea
STOCKHOLM (AP).- A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks — some of them unusually well-preserved — have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas co...
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Bonhams to Sell ANC Charter that Recalls Century of Struggle in South Africa
LONDON.- A fascinating item for anyone interested in South Africa’s recent history, is a copy of the ANC Freedom Charter of 1955 which is esti...
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The Ducks are Back! Duckomenta II-New Works and Finds
NEWHARDENBERG.- Despite all of the quacking going on about demographic decline: the ducks – all those Daisys and Donalds – are mulptiplyi...
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Jupiter Artland Announces Four New Sculpture Commissions
EDINBURGH.- Jupiter Artland announced four major site specific commissions to be unveiled in May 2010. New works by Turner Prize short-listed artis...
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Art of the Islamic and Indian World at Christie's South Kensington
LONDON.- A broad variety of works of art, paintings, manuscripts and an intricate and jewel-like panelled room will be offered at Christie’s s...
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Curators Claim "Lost" Emperor Portrait is Largest Mughal Painting Ever Seen
LONDON.- Curators of the National Portrait Gallery's new exhibition The Indian Portrait 1560-1860 - which opens tomorrow - will reveal a six-foot, ...
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New Works by Mel Bochner in Exhibition at Marc Selwyn Fine Art
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Marc Selwyn Fine Art presents an exhibition by Mel Bochner. One of the preeminent figures in the history of conceptual art, Mel ...
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Harriet Tubman Collection Unveiled by Smithsonian Museum
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired a collection of artifacts documenting ...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Presents "ColorForms"
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum presents "ColorForms," an exhibition devoted to the exploration of color and abstract form thro...
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Table by Diego Giacometti Makes Top Price at Bonhams
LONDON.- A table designed by Diego Giacometti sold for £106,000 at Bonhams, New Bond Street today (10 March 2010), as part of its Post War and Con...
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Multifaceted Artist Beat Takeshi Kitano Exhbits at Fondation Cartier
PARIS.- Funny yet touching, unpredictable yet brilliant, Beat Takeshi Kitano is a multifaceted and prolific artist that has captivated the Japanese...
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MoMA Opens The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times
NEW YORK, NY.- Throughout history, humankind has sought to make sense of their world through myths. These stories, often taking visual forms, have ...
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State Historical Museum Opens "The Year 1812 in the Paintings by Vasily Vereshchagin"
MOSCOW.- The State Historical Museum opened the exhibition "The Year 1812 in the paintings by Vasily Vereshchagin", a gift given to the museum in 1...
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Does Seacrest Need a Lesson in Fashion Reporting?
Does Ryan Seacrest, who failed to consistently ask celebrities on the red carpet what they were wearing, need a lesson in fashion reporting?
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Dance Review | Lyon Opera Ballet: Works by Cunningham, Forsythe and Marin at the Joyce Theater
The Lyon Opera Ballet opened its weeklong season at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday with works by Merce Cunningham, William Forsythe and Maguy Marin.
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Theater Review | 'Girls in Trouble': Jonathan Reynolds Views Abortion From Kennedy Era to Now
While Jonathan Reynolds’s assault on assumptions about the right to choose abortion is likely too crude to make theatergoers re-evaluate their po...
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Music Review | Ying Quartet: Barber’s Centenary Celebrated at Morgan Library & Museum
On Tuesday, the centenary of Samuel Barber’s birth, the Ying Quartet performed the composer’s Op. 11 String Quartet in Gilder Lehrman Hall at t...
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Music Review | Grawemeyer Players: Award-Winning Works by Lutoslawski, Kurtag and Currier
The Grawemeyer Players, a faculty ensemble from the University of Louisville, performed works by winners of the university’s annual composition p...
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Snooki Slept Here. Your Turn.
MTV recently announced that the “Jersey Shore” cast would not return to Seaside Heights, but head to Miami instead.
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A Futures Site Coming to Bet on Movie Ticket Sales
A virtual futures exchange is being assembled to allow people to bet money on a film’s box office success.
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Film: Yvan Attal at Rendez-Vous With French Cinema
Rendez-Vous With French Cinema may lack a certifiable masterpiece, but it offers a fair number of B-plus or better adult features, and no real duds...
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Archive and Historical Society Exhibition for Grateful Dead
A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society is the first large-scale public showing of artifacts from a large archive of historical materia...
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‘The Nose,’ and the Eye and the Ear, at Metropolitan Opera
Three critics for The New York Times discuss the music, the art and the literary threads of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of the Shostakovi...
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Mindy Rose Schwartz
There’s something really sweet girly 70’s about Mindy Rose Schwartz’s sculptures. They remind me of Yoshitomo Nara’s dream...
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Beautiful Decay
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Nick Cave
Chicago artist Nick Cave is currently showing at the Fowler Museum. We got a chance to interview him last year. Nick transforms found objects in...
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‘What in the World?’ at the Penn Museum, Print Invitational at Little Berlin, ‘Dead Flowers’ at Vox Populi
For the past couple decades ever more museums have invited artists into their store rooms to curate exhibitions: in an early example, the RISD Muse...
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Shadow Art
It is time to up your game, shadow puppeteers. This morning presents you with some shadow art that will challenge your routine. The main artists...
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Awesome Video of the Day: Kumi Yamashita
As a bit of a followup to the previous post on shadow art, here is a video on Kumi Yamashita. Her work is incredibly innovative. After looking a...
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Culinary Fine Arts
At the SFMOMA’s Rooftop Coffee Bar, baker Caitlin Williams Freeman has found a fun way to pay homage to the artists featured in the museum. ...
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Julio B Esq’s Bouduoir
I found Julio B Esq’s Bouduoir series during my weekly stroll through the B/D Creative Pic Pool. Julio’s photos walk a fine line and c...
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Weekly Update – Let’s have a Philadelphia Biennial
Now in its 75th year, the Whitney Biennial is still the big kahuna—the show every American artist wants to be in and every art lover wants to see...
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TV Providers Seek New Federal Rules on Retransmission Rights
With a petition to the F.C.C. and a letter to Congressional leaders, cable and satellite providers said the current rules were “broken and in nee...
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Movie Review Leads to Suit Against Variety
The complaint accuses Variety of contractual breach, negligence and unfair business practices in connection with the film, “Iron Cross.”
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Advertising: ‘Mad Men’ Dolls in Barbie’s World, but Cocktails Stay Behind
Mattel is planning versions of Barbie and Ken styled after four “Mad Men” characters in a promotion for the television series as well as for Ba...
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MGM Said to Be Considering an Arranged Bankruptcy
In such a move, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would be taken over by its creditors in exchange for debt forgiveness, people briefed on the matter said.
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