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Abstract Animated Lines! The Whitney’s New Logo, and Other Applications

by Paddy Johnson Will Brand and Whitney Kimball on May 23, 2013
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All-star designers Experimental Jet Set say the W they’ve used for the Whitney’s logo represents “the heartbeat of New York, of USA.” It “encapsulates” a “dialectic between the ‘old world’ and the ‘new world’. Does this dialectic need to be encapsulated because it’s in the middle of the ocean?

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Art Fag City at The L Magazine: This Week’s Must See Events and Openings

by Paddy Johnson Will Brand and Whitney Kimball on September 17, 2012
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This week at The L Magazine, we list off a few of the week’s best events and openings. We’re most excited about artist Trevor Paglen’s talk at the NYPL and Barry Hoggard and James Wagner’s show at English Kills but there’s heaps of other stuff to do too.

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NADA Comes Home

by Paddy Johnson Will Brand and Whitney Kimball on May 7, 2012
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Last week, Corinna Kirsch and I awarded NADA’s New York debut with a full six-pack of whoop-ass, knowing full well it would not be as spacious or eventful as Frieze. NADA's not trying to re-invent the fair model like the Independent, Seven, or Moving Image, and it doesn’t have talks. It's just a fun fair, with a lot of energy, and way too many walls.

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The Official Art Fag City Art Fair and Biennial Guide

by Paddy Johnson Will Brand and Whitney Kimball on March 2, 2012
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Get ready for non-stop art viewing. If you like art at all, next week's schedule should be packed with art fairs, biennial viewings, and openings. If you don't know where to start, we're here to help. Our one sentence synopsis as follows: This year more elitists, more protests, more video art, more foreigners, and continued efforts to disguise art fairs as nightclubs.

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