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The Perfect Watch

Posted from The Citrus Report This is by far the most perfect looking watch we have seen in quite some time. This is absolutely flawless. A perfect blend of contemporary and classic. Is it cheap, we...

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The “Cold Cuts” Coaster

This awesome coaster set comes from Brooklyn’s Chen Chen, which is being called a “multi-material collaboration with Kai Tsien-Williams, will be available at the Sight Unseen pop-up shop in the Noho...

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HUSH @ New Image Art Gallery

UK-artist HUSH is back in the USA with a solo show, TWIN, at New Image Art Gallery this weekend. There is a lot of hype around the show, as HUSH has garnered a larger audience here in the States with...

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The Wheels Keep Turning…

Maider Lopez created this project, the High Wheel, for the OK Center for Contemporary Art. If it were to actually happen, there would be deaths. So keep that in mind when you watch this. Untitled from...

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Jonas Wood

Sometimes we think that nostalgia gets a bad wrap, especially in the contemporary art world. Not in terms of who we talk about, or who paints, but in terms of what gets painted, applied to canvas,...

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Houdini: Art and Magic at Contemporary Jewish Museum in SF

Ooohh, this one looks really good. The Contemporary Jewish Museum in SF has really had some interesting shows over the past few years but we are really excited about checking out the Houdini: Art and...

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Banksy takes on the Church, uses bathroom tiles to do it

Banksy has unveiled a new sculpture, Cardinal Sin, in response to the Church’s ongoing, lasting, constant child abuse cases. It can now be seen at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery. As Banksy noted in a...

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First Friday: PJ Harvey “Let England Shake”

Any album that is a conceived upon researching Eliot, Pinter, and the history of conflict, including the British’s Gallipoli Campaign is worth a major listen. And PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake was one...

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RIP, Maurice Sendak

Two really sad loses over the past 5 days, as yesterday we have lost Where the Wild Things Are author, Maurice Sendak, at the age of 83. He was seeing a bit of resurgence with his legacy over the past...

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Doze Green “Luminosity in the Dark Rift” Video

Doze Green x Luminosity in the Dark Rift from Colin M Day on Vimeo. Doze Green has a new body of work up at Jonathan LeVine Gallery at the moment in an exhibition titled Luminosity in the Dark Rift....

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ERIC YAHNKER NOAH’S YACHT @ ZEVITAS MARCUS

ERIC YAHNKER NOAH’S YACHT ZEVITAS MARCUS  2754 S LA CIENEGA BLVD LOS ANGELES, CA 90034

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“I’LL CRY WHEN I’M DONE KILLING” BY MAGNUS GJOEN

by Ariadna Zierold Magnus Gjoen brings a touch of punk- sensibility to the art tradition. His fashion background infuses Magnus’ art, re-thinking old concepts and re-interpreting them for the...

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Sponsorship Redux by Ryan McGuiness Subliminal Projects 2011

Sponsorship Redux by Ryan McGuiness Subliminal Projects 2011

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“MOMENTS OF CLARITY” BY MATTHEW QUICK

by Ariadna Zierold “From the people who build monuments in the first place, to those who destroy them, from theVisigoths and Vandals sacking Rome, the waves of European colonization, the destruction...

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Laith McGregor

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David Choe Artwork from The Archives

David Choe Artwork from The Archives  Flower-Girl, 12/4/07, 4:13 PM, 16C, 5716×11236 (862+357), 150%, Repro 2.2 v2, 1/25 s, R57.3, G33.5, B52.5 Easily Replaceable Not Counting The Vintage Jizz Crusted...

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CONTEMPORARY REALITIES BY WALTER SUTIN

by Ariadna Zierold Walter Sutin grew up in Pennsylvania and studied at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Sutin makes drawings that refer to contemporary realities but he connects them to...

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EURASIAN ART BY YANG JIECHANG

by Ariadna Zierold Paris and Heidelberg, Germany based Yang Jiechang combines traditional Eastern and Western modes of representation in his multimedia work. He calls the essence of this confluence...

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DAZZLING CANVASES BY NICOLA VERLATO

by Ariadna Zierold Los Angeles based Nicola Verlato was born in Verona, Italy. He started to paint when he was 7, and to sell his paintings when he was 9. His artistic education has been quite...

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