1. Jeff Koons Has A 'Ta-Da' Moment In Chicago
Naked ladies, rabbits, basketballs and a big, shiny blue heart are all on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art, courtesy of the American painter, sculptor and artist-provocateur. The exhibit leaves most visitors smiling, laughing or just plain puzzled.
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2. Art Pick | `Thirteen_08'
From obesity to gun violence, the 13 South Florida artists who won the South Florida Cultural Consortium Juried Exhibition of 2008 tackle social and environmental ills in an impressive range of mediums. Thirteen_08, a show of their winning work is on exhibit at the Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale through Oct. 6. Among the most eye-catching are the digital graphite illustrations of Diane Arrieta, a 40-year-old artist from Tequesta in South Palm Beach County. Pictured above is I'm Loving It...
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3. Art in Review
David Wojnarowicz at P.P.O.W., Matthew Buckingham at Murray Guy and more.
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4. Art Review: Artists Leap Into the Moment
"How Soon Is Now?" at the Bronx Museum of the Arts is almost nothing but symptoms reflecting almost nothing but failings.
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5. Art Review: Will the Revolution Be Museumized? Will There Be a Revolution?
"That Was Then ... This Is Now" is an ambitious if disappointing effort to extend the activist spirit of the Vietnam War protest days into the Iraq war era.
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6. Antiques: Old Fabrics and New Designs
Antiktex Ltd., a Manhattan company, is one of a handful of companies with large stocks of old fabrics.
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7. Inside Art: Angels Appear, and Museums Rejoice
A recently discovered drawing of the Archangel Gabriel by the Netherlandish artist Lucas van Leyden has been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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8. Art Review | 'Pretty Ugly': Art Makes Such Weird Bedfellows
Everyone-into-the-pool gallery group shows like "Pretty Ugly" are a welcome distraction in a steamy New York midsummer.
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9. Art Review: Inspired by Vikings and Volcanoes
Two exhibitions of Icelandic art are on view for another couple of weeks at Scandinavia House and the Luhring Augustine gallery.
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10. Henry Gallery exhibit turns the slightly minor moments of history on their heads
History gets an eye-opening treatment at the Henry Gallery.
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11. Evan Baden's photos light up teen faces with electronics
The candy-colored, Kool-Aid light of hand-held electronics casts a mesmerizing glow on teenage faces in Evan Baden's photographs at the Photographic Center Northwest.
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12. Picture perfect
The minute you walk through the door of Craig Owen and Grace Barcelos' Grey Lynn villa you know it's the home of a photographer. You are greeted by a long, light and airy hallway lined with black and white portraits taken by Craig...
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13. Architecture: Lost in the New Beijing: The Old Neighborhood
A construction boom tied to the Olympics is threatening two types of housing in China's capital.
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14. A 7,500-Square-Foot Ad for Chanel, With an Artistic Mission
A futuristic art pavilion, commissioned by Chanel and designed by London architect Zaha Hadid, will make a temporary appearance in Central Park this fall.
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15. In Ancient Alleys, Modern Comforts
Some of Beijing's traditional courtyard homes are being refurbished with a mix of modern sensibility and respect for original detail.
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16. Anya Gallaccio & Chantal Akerman, Camden Arts Centre, London
Life, decay and death are the elemental subjects of Anya Gallaccio's work. Her sculptures and installations, like traditional vanitas paintings, are metaphors for the transience and fragility of life. She has made works with apples and oranges, as well as flowers, that have been left to rot slowly in the Tate, showing how they turn from something beautiful into a fermenting mess.
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17. First Night: Hadrian, British Museum, London
For many people, the thought of an exhibition full of white marble Roman statues might seem boring. But this promised blockbuster at the British Museum is anything but. It has sex, rebellions, wealth and intrigue, and best of all it has artefacts that have never been seen before.
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18. Art: Leaves Speak; a Journalist Listens
Janet Malcolm, using camera more than pen, conveys her fascination with burdock.
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19. Art Review | 'After Nature': Sometimes the Darkest Visions Boast the Blackest Humor
"After Nature," the big new show at the New Museum, is a strange, lugubrious, wildly uneven dream of an exhibition.
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20. Ceramic art museum founder Helen Gardiner dies
Toronto philanthropist Helen Gardiner, best known for co-founding the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art with her financier husband George, has died at age 70.
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