Sam Winston – Word Text Book
London-based artist, Sam Winston, creates drawings, and books out of language, like a ‘concrete poet’. He cuts and splices up words, turning his art into vessels of emotion and multiple
Wilderness at MAM
“The notion of wilderness is fundamentally riddled with contradiction, and it bears a problematic history,” are the words of René Morales from the museum catalog from the group show, “The
Chinese government muzzles Ai Weiwei: no talking, no tweeting and no travel for a year
from Reuters: BEIJING | Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:34am EDT (Reuters) – No talking, no tweeting and no travel for a year — these are some of the conditions of
I Went to Beijing to Interview Ai Weiwei, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
We send our best wishes to Ai Weiwei on his release from three months of Chinese government detention. We sincerely hope that he will be able to resume his activist
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The Wilderness at Miami Art Museum
“The Wilderness,” Miami Art Museum says, “is an examination of the conceptual boundaries between nature and human civilization. It considers the wilderness not as a place, but as an idea
Xenia Fink at Galerie Schuster Miami
Xenia Fink’s recent drawings at Galerie Schuster Miami, pen-and-ink, and texts, created during her ISCP 2010 Grant (The International Studio & Curatorial Program, a not-for-profit, residency-based contemporary art center for
Japanese scientist makes good on Yes Men meme: synthesizing meat from human feces
A Japanese scientist has reportedly discovered a way to create edible steaks based on proteins from human excrement. Tokyo Sewage approached Mitsuyuki Ikeda, a researcher from the Okayama Laboratory, to
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Yes Lab "Come Clean" on Peabody Energy Asthma Inhaler Hoax
May 10, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tackling Childhood Asthma Not Coal Industry Priority After All No more My Little Pony inhalers in stock Contact: asthma@coalcares.org, (314) 472-5539 A charitable initiative
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Arts-School Grads: Rich? Don’t Count on It. Content? Quite Possibly!
(Chart courtesy of Snaap) By Carolyn Mooney (via: Chronicle) Parents, it’s OK to send your kids to art school! A national survey of 13,581 arts-school alumni found that almost three-quarters
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de la Cruz Collection Lecture
Speaking was Scott Rothkopf, curator, Whitney Museum of American Art. Rothkopf talked about three projects at the museum, including Glenn Ligon’s mid-career retrospective, which was my main reason for attending.