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February 8, 2008

NY Arts + Art Fairs International: The Daily Newsletter Friday, February 8 World Press Photo Prize; Picasso Paintings Stolen To see the NY Arts Newsletter in Chinese please click here International Top News World Press Photo Prize The British photographer Tim Hetherington won the World Press Photo competition, one of the most prestigious awards for […]

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Mieke Vanmechelen

Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1974, Mieke Vanmechelen has lived in the south of Ireland since the age of six.  Within her works we see ambiguous forms… Mieke Vanmechelen   Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1974, Mieke Vanmechelen has lived in the south of Ireland since the age of six.  Within her works we see […]

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Mieke Vanmechelen

Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1974, Mieke Vanmechelen has lived in the south of Ireland since the age of six.  Within her works we see ambiguous forms… Mieke Vanmechelen   Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1974, Mieke Vanmechelen has lived in the south of Ireland since the age of six.  Within her works we see […]

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Mieke Vanmechelen

Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1974, Mieke Vanmechelen has lived in the south of Ireland since the age of six.  Within her works we see ambiguous forms… Mieke Vanmechelen   Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1974, Mieke Vanmechelen has lived in the south of Ireland since the age of six.  Within her works we see […]

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Ai Wei-Wei—A Rebel of Poet Roots

Catherine Yu-Shan Hsieh: A year ago, you presented installation Fountain of Light at Tate Liverpool in the U.K. What was the inspiration for this piece? Ai Wei-Wei: I wanted to do a piece outside of Tate that has a strong appearance in the environment, with a strong sense of the location. I think Vladimir Tatlin’s […]

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Remembering Lenore Tawney

Twenty years ago, I stepped off of a gray New York City street and into the world of Lenore Tawney. Tawney met me at the studio door dressed entirely in white. She was tiny, barely five feet tall, with clear blue eyes and hennaed hair cut in a short bob. My appointment was to begin […]

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February 7, 2008

NY Arts + Art Fairs International: The Daily Newsletter Thursday, February 7 Museum of the Moving Image Closing for Expansion; Bonhams Opens Canadian Headquarters To see the NY Arts Newsletter in Chinese please click here International Top News Museum of the Moving Image Closing for Expansion The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, […]

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VISAGE DU COLLAGE: “See What the Poets See!”

Recently the public had a chance to witness the marriage between collage and poetry—the third installment of a popular show took place at the Tompkins Square Public Library Gallery. My selection began with a strong dose of historical perspective in the form of works by two major proponents of visual poetry: Charles Henry Ford (1913-2002) […]

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Lawrence Weiner at the Whitney

Weiner is a key figure responsible for the foundation and emergence of Conceptual art in the 60s. Finally, after a prodigiously creative career, he deservedly gets a comprehensive exhibition co-organized by the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA) with careful oversight by chief curators Donna de Salvo of the Whitney […]

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February 6, 2008

NY Arts + Art Fairs International: The Daily Newsletter Wednesday, February 6 First International Design Award In Britain; Damien Hirst’s Art Shop; Elizabeth Insogna; The Triumph Of The Flesh To see the NY Arts Newsletter in Chinese please click here International Top News First International Design Award In Britain The U.K.’s first international design award, […]

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