SEE // Sinister Pop
Sola Agustsson |
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Pop Art usually brings to mind Campbell’s Soup ads and bright, cheery depictions of American culture, but Sinister Pop uncovers a darker side of Pop, the kind they don’t show on TV.

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SEE // A Tribute to the King of Pop (Art) // Roy Lichtenstein
Sarah Bondoc |
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Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective displays over one hundred popular paintings, drawings, and sculptures from throughout Lichtenstein’s career.

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SEE // The Art of Scent, a Garage Sale at MoMA, and Avant-Garde Japan
Sarah Bondoc |
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This week in New York, the Museum of Arts and Design mounts an olfactory exhibition, and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch releases an album at MoMA PS1.

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KNOW // Aluminum Foil and the Human Condition // Teodora Axente
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There’s something a little creepy about Teodora Axente’s paintings.

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KNOW // The Artist Is Haggling // Martha Rosler
Allison Krier |
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The great American garage sale comes to MoMA.

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BUY // Suburban Lives // Julie Blackmon
Jarrett Moran |
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Carefully choreographed, staged, and composed windows into suburbia.

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BUY // Pie Town Revisited // Lisa Ruyter
Jarrett Moran |

A new take on Depression-era photographs.

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BUY // Inutile Utility Knives // James Huang
Jarrett Moran |
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Think you look resourceful and outdoorsy with your Swiss Army Knife? What if it was made out of felt? What if it was called “the Manager”?

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SEE // The Body and the City // Antony Gormley
Georgina Wells |
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The intensity and movement of Gormley’s sculptures echo the robust energy of a rapidly evolving urban neighborhood.

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KNOW / / The Art of Nightlife // André Saraiva
Sola Agustsson |
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We caught up with artist-cum-nightclub mogul André Saraiva to talk graffiti, Parisian nightlife, and social art projects.

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SEE // Roberto Matta Meets Street Art
Sarah Bondoc |
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From Chilean socialism to a Queens-bound A train.

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SEE // Inside the Zone of Alienation // Diana Thater
Sarah Bondoc |

Hurricane Sandy and the recent nor’easter hitting the East Coast have gotten many of us thinking about the looming threat of climate change. Artist Diana Thater’s Chernobyl at David Zwirner gallery reflects on a manmade catastrophe from the recent past.

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