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In Our Masthead

In Our Masthead: Laura Brothers

by Art Fag City on July 1, 2011
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You may have seen our post last week on the work of artist Laura Brothers (out4pizza). If you did, you’ll understand how excited we are to present her custom-made masthead for Art Fag City. Brace yourself!

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In Our Masthead: Valaire Van Slyck

by Guy Forget on April 4, 2011
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Gracing our masthead this month is a detail of Untitled (2009) by Valaire Van Slyck, whose paintings are themselves artifacts of the post-industrial urban environments he lives in.

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In Our Masthead: Anthony Fuller

by Guy Forget on March 1, 2011
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This month’s featured artist is Anthony Fuller, gracing the AFC masthead with “Untitled” (2011). From one generalized impulse — trying to make sense of ways of belonging — he creates tableaux that are both transparent and inscrutable.

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Featured Artist: Ariel Goldberg

by Guy Forget on February 1, 2011
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Ariel Goldberg writes a letter “to every person in The United States Military who had been announced as a casualty of The War in Iraq.” These letters were also performed, culminating in a series of frustrated attempts at mailing 100 of them, their “un-mailing,” as she calls it.

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In Our Masthead: Danielle Mysliwiec

by Paddy Johnson on January 4, 2011
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Danielle Mysliwiec graces our masthead this month, making her the first artist to be featured twice in the space. The artist’s work was first showcased in December 2007. Over the past three years, Mysliwiec has continued to create the seamless illusion of woven paint on fresh surfaces. They are transfixing.  In her latest work [pictured […]

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Help Me Raise $5,000 by January 1st! Donate To The Art Fag City Year-End Fundraiser [NSFW]

by Paddy Johnson on December 22, 2010
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What can readers do to make Lynda Benglis’ dildo grow into her mistletoe? Give to the Art Fag City end of year fundraising campaign! I need $5,000 to continue running the blog full time in the upcoming year, so I’m asking readers for their support so I can make this happen.

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In Our Masthead: The Listings Project

by Paddy Johnson on November 29, 2010
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Each week Stephanie Diamond sends out listings for studio spaces, sublets, roommates, etc to her a mailing list built on word of mouth alone. The people on this list are by and large art professionals, and tend not to be of the skeevy sort. It’s a real service, and it’s free. This year, I’m donating a little money to keep it that way.

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In Our Masthead: Employee of the Month

by Paddy Johnson on July 14, 2010
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Is there no end to the kind hearts in Chelsea? Society’s most deeply troubled members clean up with the help of Marianne Boesky’s workplace program. AFC introduces its new Masthead with Boesky’s Employee of the Month!

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Last Month’s Masthead: Brad Troemel

by Paddy Johnson on July 14, 2010
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My learning curve learning the new AFC backend had a few glitches, so this post never made it to the front page a month ago. We’re switching the masthead up today but I wanted to make sure at least one image selected by Masthead artist Brad Troemel plus the post intended for it made the main page.

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