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Nostalgia for the Days of Analog Music: Artists' Fixation with Everything from Vinyl to the Boom Box
Claire Read |
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A sense of nostalgia is in the air this summer with artists fixated on creating work that recalls the central role that analog music has held in society for decades – from vinyl records, to tape cassettes, to boom boxes.

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An Artist Teaches Hardware Programming
Georgina Wells |
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Tristan Perich adopts the principles of math, physics, and computer code for his machine-drawn compositions and sound pieces.

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Helmut Newton: Sex and Landscapes
Kelly Hill |
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Gallerist Perry Rubenstein unveils his new space in LA with an exhibition by late photographer and provocateur Helmut Newton.

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The Plastic Reef Project Takes On a Floating Continent of Plastic
Amanda Ryan |
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In 2008, Maarten Vanden Eynde was shocked to discover that there is a “floating landfill,” about the size of the continental United States, made up of tiny plastic particles about 1,000 miles west of California and 1,000 miles north of Hawaii.

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Get a Seurat Facial at the Art Healing Ministry
Georgina Wells |
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Alexander Melamid’s “health clinic”-slash-performance art piece the Art Healing Ministry, where he prescribes art as medicine, reopens in Chelsea.

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Family Portraits Across Time and Space
Tiffany Jow |
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New York-based photographer John Clang uses Skype to make family portraits—the latest in a string of innovations by the Singapore-born artist.

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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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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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Going to the Olympics? Spend a Night in an Artist's Houseboat with a View
Tiffany Jow |
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Forget The Dorchester. The best London city views are from high above Southbank Centre, which is precisely where artist Fiona Banner chose to erect a one-bedroom houseboat available to the public for one-night-only stays.

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A Graffiti Suite in Marseille
Tiffany Jow |
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French graffiti artist Tilt cuts a room at Marseille’s Au Vieux Panier in half with his mad wall-writing skills.

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