On the Origins of Creative Lives
Zach Bell |
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Chiara Clemente’s film series, Beginnings, shrewdly delves into the origins of creative lives. From Yoko Ono to Christian Louboutin, the shorts are deeply personal and specific, yet provide insight into the equally distinctive abilities and motivations of the viewer.

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Tom Sachs Will Teach You How to Sweep the Surface of Mars
Zach Bell |
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Watch Tom Sachs’ videos and see how a system of constraints for something so small as sweeping the floor can take you to uncharted realms of creativity—even to the surface of Mars.

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150 Men Sound Off on Race, History, and Pop Culture
Zach Bell, Nicci Yin |
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With his photographs, videos, and installations, Hank Willis Thomas explores the rich terrain of the past and present. He collaborates with his peers and encourages non-artists to build projects that focus on the diversity of humanity, including the western media’s images of blackness.

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More than Art: Design at Basel
Manish Vora |
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Our friends from Cultured Magazine publish a fantastic preview in conjunction with the Design Miami and Design Miami/ Basel fairs.

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Forget the Oyster Submariner Rolex: Try Shelter Serra's Fake
Claire Read |
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Shelter Serra creates all of the luxury items you need – from Hummers, to black AMEX cards, to Birkin Bags, to Rolex Submariners, and so on. But these luxury goods have a bit of a twist to them – they’re fakes.

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A Multi-Purpose Space for Art, Fashion, and Espresso
Alexandra Kleiman |
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American Two Shot, a new clothing store/gallery/coffee shop in SoHo, isn’t another run-of-the-mill storefront.

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Artist Rachel Owens Ramps Up Reed Krakoff’s Street Cred
Tiffany Jow |
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Reed Krakoff initiates a series of window installations at his Madison Avenue boutique, featuring an array of international contemporary artists.

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Decadent Decay: Before the New McCarren Park Pool
Tiffany Jow |
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Brooklyn photographer Gina Pollack unveils what the historic swimming hole looked like prior to its extreme makeover.

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Barbara Kruger to Invade the Hirshhorn’s Lower-Level Lobby
Tiffany Jow |

Last week, the institution unveiled its next heavyweight: a temporary lower-lobby site-specific installation by Barbara Kruger that’s set to cover nearly 6,700 square feet of museum surfaces.

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Gilbert & George Steal Thousands of UK Crime Posters
Tiffany Jow |
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Every day for six years, the British artist duo Gilbert & George stole gruesome and lurid posters advertising the day’s newspaper headlines.

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Metropolitan Museum Lets Artists Hack Its Permanent Collection
Betsy Mead |

Artists and students have long contemplated artwork with a sketchpad in hand, but over the weekend, artists and hackers took to the museum with 3-D printers instead.

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Next Level Shit: Studio Tour with Todd DiCiurcio
Todd DiCiurcio, Eric Ray Davidson |
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Artist Todd DiCiurcio and friend Eric Ray Davidson, a fashion photographer whose work appears in the New York Times, GQ, and Elle, catch up and give us a tour of DiCiurcio’s studio. The place is a crazy collage of the artist’s life, from a nuclear physics relic to his guitar collection and surfboards.

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