From the monthly archives:

April 2008

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by Art Fag City on April 29, 2008

globeandmail.com: France seeks to jail promoters of ‘excessive thinness’ "The French government has decided those shocks were not enough to dissuade more young women from starving themselves in pursuit of an unhealthy idealized beauty. It wants to put those who promote anorexia in jail."

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by Art Fag City on April 29, 2008

ArtCal – Chelsea – Casey Kaplan Gallery – Liam Gillick, The State Itself Becomes A Super Whatnot Hate the press release not the art

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by Art Fag City on April 29, 2008

ArtCal – Midtown – Gering & Lopez Gallery – Dan Flavin and Josef Albers This looks great!

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by Art Fag City on April 29, 2008

YouTube – Stand Up Tragedy X For Canadian readers, or those Americans wishing to learn a little bit more about the various political disfunctions up north. "2008 TTC Strike Extravaganza! Learn more about Toronto, Canada, and our brutal public transit situation"

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by Art Fag City on April 29, 2008

ArtCal – Chelsea – Kravets/Wehby – Robert Colescott, Dulacrow’s Masterwork: A Mockumentary Film from 1976 Looks subtle and nuanced.

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by Art Fag City on April 29, 2008

Subversion, not Sexism, in Internet Culture | The Underwire from Wired.com Inaccurate claims from keynote Alice Marwick at ROFLCon "Popular blogs are all written by white guys … and the most popular YouTube videos are of hot girls." via Wizard is Hungry

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West Prize to Award $100,000 to International Emerging Artists

by Art Fag City on April 29, 2008

Erik Benson, Staying Up All Night, 2004, acrylic and canvas on wood panel, 40 x 72 inches. West Collection International emerging artists have until October 1st 2008 to submit their applications to Paige West’s competition. Aptly named the West Prize, a total of $100,000 will be given out to young artists, the grand prize being […]

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by Art Fag City on April 29, 2008

ArtCal – Greenwich Village – Judison Memorial Church – Adriana Varella, The Art Project Weird. The second project I’ve listed within the course of a week situated at a place of worship. Adriana Varella's Exorcising the Church Project is a site-specific installation on the front doors of the Judson Memorial Church.

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by Art Fag City on April 28, 2008

ArtCal – Jersey City – Curious Matter – Hocus Pocus Sort of a cheesy title, but AFC featured artist Tara Giannini is in the show so it’s recommended.

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by Art Fag City on April 28, 2008

The Dark Knight is a Remake | SpoutBlog “A comparison between trailers of Tim Burton’s Batman and this summer’s The Dark Knight make the new film look like a remake of the old.” Not sure what if anything is gained from this, but whatever. The Dark Knight premieres July 18th, and I’ll be watching it.

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