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The Red, And Blue, Of Seaside Helsingborg
The Ass was on the move — or rather, The Ass. He was a large, overly obnoxious Swedish man, and I loved him.
I was with my friend Martin at Olympia, and I had officially lost it. The early April weather...
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The Unseen Art of Russian Artist Guennadi Boiko
Art is blooming, hidden in the forgotten crevices of a New York, where artists from every country on earth pilgrim to Lady Liberty’s open arms.
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Enfants Magnifiques: Metropolitan Museum’s ‘P.S. 2012’ Showcases Public School Student Art
“Art is good for you,” reads the label comment accompanying kindergartener Olivia Turowski’s delightful cut and torn tissue-paper collage The Red Fox, one of 76 works in the P.S. 2012: Celebrating the Creative...
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Out of Herself: A Thai Artist Dances Flamenco
Supreeda Wongsansee beckoned me off the cafe’s wooden porch just as rain began to fall. Plump and childlike, her fingers pawed the air. She kept the palm of her hand down as she waved — in Thailand, gesturing with... -
‘Brave’ Lacks Pixar’s Usual Magic
Over the years, Pixar has taken us on magical journey after magical journey. Rapt audience members have traversed the ocean with a couple of endearing fish and some surfer-dude turtles. We’ve been pulled up into...
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‘Ted’ Warms Your Heart, Pummels Your Funny Bone
Upon hearing someone describe a sexual act involving a parsnip, your first instinct might be to say, “Ew!” However, given the fact that the person saying this ugly statement is three feet tall, has button eyes...
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Bard Summerscape 2012: A Preview
This is the ninth full season of Bard Summerscape, a compendium of the Bard Music Festival (now in its 23rd year) and related theater, dance, and film festivities that take place on the Bard College...
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Silent Voices Speak: The Real Sri Lanka Story
Lasantha Wickrematunge is probably not a name most people in the Western World would recognize. His martyrdom as the editor-in-chief of Sri Lanka’s critical newspaper, The Morning Leader was, unlike the parts that...
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The Numerous Expressions of Rineke Dijkstra at the Guggenheim
Regardless of how photogenic you may, or may not think you are, according to Rineke Dijkstra, we all have a “photo face.”
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There’s Only One Starr, And It’s Ringo
The atmosphere around the Pop International Galleries, on Soho’s main drag, West Broadway in New York City, was prickly with expectation just before sunset on Monday, June 25. On the door was a small...
