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NYC Gallery Brings Design to the People

Last weekend The Drop: Urban Art Infill took to the streets of Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood with an expo of art and design marketed to the community-at-large.READ»

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Damien Hirst Gets Re-Schooled in Painting

Damien Hirst's upcoming show of figurative paintings, compiled over the past three years, signifies a new turn for the provocative British artist.READ»

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Art and Commerce Meet on Buildings' Interactive Media Facades

The main strips of Las Vegas, Hong Kong, and Times Square are on the cutting-edge of illuminated media façades--emblazoned with hyper-animated, neon advertising. But there's a parallel movement to harness the technology for ...READ»

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"Reverse Graffiti" Artist Paul Curtis Shows Us How Dirty We Really Are

If there is a lesson in the work of the British artist Paul Curtis (aka "Moose"), it would be that the world is a mess. Curtis's signature technique is cleaning.READ»

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Craigslist Heartbreak Turned Into Art

A Brooklyn illustrator has begun turning "missed connections" posts from Craigslist into a series of art prints, which she posts on her blog. (Here's one of her posts, taken from a "m4m" ad.) According to the New York Times ...READ»

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Smell This Tag: Olfactory Street Art

Mitchell Heinrich invents a temporary urban graffiti spreading smells, not spray paint. READ»

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Design/Art

 Design/Art Last week, in a conversation with a colleague, I felt a little disappointed about a negative comment he made about the “Tuyomyo” bench designed by Frank Gehry for Emeco.  He said it was “impracticable ...READ»

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Fish in the East River Say: "Hey Wht R U Up 2?"

This weekend at the Conflux festival, artist and technologist Natalie Jeremijenko will hold a workshop showing off a fish monitoring system that issues text-message status reports.READ»

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Should Artists be Government-Supported Activists? A Call From the NEA Raises Questions About Its Role [UPDATED]

A tireless campaigner for Obama who helped rally artists in support of the campaign has been removed from his role at the NEA after apparently asking artists to do the same thing for the White House's service initiative.READ»

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