Tag Archives: Art

No place for an Easter egg

Posted on January 26, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

Easter eggs are cute devices. I don’t mind them in movies, games, ads—not even in arts and literature. They’re an unexpected connection that happens, sometimes, between creator and the innumerable cadre of explorers who’ve peeled back a layer of whatever … Continue reading →

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GraveYart

Posted on January 19, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

On a cold January day, or any old day, you can reach out and find art anywhere you care to look. With the right kind of eye you can find new angles, new art, even in those last and longest-lasting … Continue reading →

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A happy holiday on Mercury, for artists and writers

Posted on December 23, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Just in time for Christmas, or Yule, or Saturnalia, (or what have you) the right jolly old elves at the International Astronomical Union have gifted upon as all ten newly named impact craters on planet Mercury, each in honor of … Continue reading →

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AntHill Art

Posted on December 12, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

I have no words for how cool I think Anthill Art is. And animal lover I may be, these are nonetheless some creatures that are a creepy-crawly bane of my existence. So if a few colonies are wiped out in … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday Marina Abramović (you scare the hell out of me)

Posted on November 30, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

My take on performance art is…complicated. My better self has the same respect, the same esteem, for this art and these artists as I do for any art, any artist. My kneejerk self, though, tends to look at performance artists … Continue reading →

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Who is burning the Heidelberg Houses?

Posted on November 17, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Art has to transform something, beyond its own medium and materials. It has to transform a space, even a landscape. Often in doing so, it transforms some minds. Which is intended, or at least hoped for. But then there are … Continue reading →

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Bent rules and blurred lines

Posted on October 24, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

If you can’t ad-lib your art, then why bother? Just ask this tiny dancer who turns a structured preschool recital into her own interpretive debut. And after that, just for good measure, we’ve got Postmodern Jukebox‘s unexpected take on Robin Thicke’s … Continue reading →

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Saving art by shutting it away

Posted on October 19, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

At some point, if we’re smart enough and responsible enough to make the sacrifice, we have to stop being consumers of art and start being conservators. And it is indeed a sacrifice. The art that demands our protection is not … Continue reading →

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Banksy in Manhattan

Posted on October 13, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Sometimes the artist becomes a brand, a profit center. Usually when that happens the results are regrettable. But sometimes the artist hangs on to his or her integrity. Sometimes the lure of fame and success aren’t enough to dilute the … Continue reading →

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Inside the Whitney’s I-You-We exhibition

Posted on September 25, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

It’s not often that a storied art collection like that of New York’s Whitney Museum gets up and changes address. But that’s exactly what’s going to happen in 2015, when the museum’s new downtown building is complete, and the Whitney … Continue reading →

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To glimpse a Van Gogh

Posted on September 8, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Funny thing about Vincent Van Gogh‘s series of sunflower paintings. As a subject, they’re as synonymous with the artist as any could be. His self-portraits and his visions of starry nights are iconic, of course; when it comes to still-life, … Continue reading →

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Art is set to conquer its final frontier

Posted on August 14, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Artist expression seems to be our oldest form of expression, or at least our oldest enduring one. As such, our artists (which includes all of us, when you think about it; all of us who have ever been…) have by … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Rembrandt

Posted on July 15, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Today’s Google Doodle offers a helpful reminder that on this day 407 years ago, there was born in the Netherlands a man who would modernize art, make it accessible, and who would create a body of work so real, so … Continue reading →

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Books are evolving (and not the way you think)

Posted on July 14, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Plenty has been written about the quantum evolution we’ve witnessed in the world of publishing over the last ten or fifteen years. It’s true that a slim majority of books now in print are actually just that–in print; in a … Continue reading →

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Petro Wodkins takes the Pis

Posted on May 14, 2013 by editor, facilitator, decider

Artist Petro Wodkins is persona non grata in Brussels this week, for what he did to Mannekin Pis. The peeing statue is a cultural icon for Belgians, and has been since the early 17th century. (It commemorates, by the way, … Continue reading →

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