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Work of Art Episode 9 Recap: “GOOD ART.”

by Ben Macaulay on December 16, 2011
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Wherein the contestants get banished to the hinterlands of Putnam County, and return with rare treasures. Also, China wears a giant button, and a dance party so good it makes someone cry.

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Work of Art Episode 7 Recap: Take You Riding In My Car

by Ben Macaulay on December 2, 2011
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Last week’s episode concluded with the offed Sucklord quoting the original Star Wars: “if you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.” While the vow itself is moot, Work of Art has now lost its most reliable font of comic relief. In the wake, chaos.

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Work of Art: Still Not Newsworthy, But At Least News-Filled

by Will Brand and Paddy Johnson on November 11, 2011
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The elimination of Michael Tewz marks a pivotal moment for the second season of Bravo's art world reality show Work of Art. As Sucklord erases his friend from the chalkboard register of the living, one question looms before Bravo's producers: Who will say all the stupid shit? The future of art blog humor now rests in the capable hands of Dusty Mitchell.

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Work of Art is Eliminating Artists in Height Order

by Will Brand on November 4, 2011
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Sometime during the first minute of this week's episode of Work of Art, my TV's closed captioning simply said: “[All groaning]”. That's a fitting reaction to most of the episode.

No two ways about it: this week was incredibly boring. The challenge (work with kids) was unoriginal, the guest judge (producer Sarah Jessica Parker) was a punt, and the elimination (Tewz) was overdue. There was crying, but no tits. In light of this, we'll stick to a few general observations.

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Work of Art Episode 3: POP IS EVERYTHING Recap

by Will Brand on October 27, 2011
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Lots of worry and heartbreak as the contestants realize Pop art ain’t easy in a double-elimination slaughter. Oh, and also, Kymia goes topless. Reality TV at its best.

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Work of Art Episode 2: Attack of the Clones Recap

by Will Brand on October 20, 2011
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As Work of Art marches relentlessly on, one more artist is thrown beneath the grinding treads of “reality”. Here’s what happened, slavishly recorded with intermittent jokes.

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AFC’s Work of Art Season Two Supplementary Program Guide

by Paddy Johnson on October 12, 2011
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Fame is a fickle food. Despite Bravo’s Work of Art finding certifiable Great Artistâ„¢ Abdi Farah no more than twelve months ago, they’re now looking for the next Great Artistâ„¢ – of all the nerve! Season 2 of the reality show starts tonight at 9 pm, and our Supplementary Program Guide has all the information you need to- well, to have slightly more information.

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Work of Art Gears Up For A Second Season

by Paddy Johnson on August 26, 2011
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BRAVO has discovered a new reality show gold mine: the art world. Not only is the network casting for a docudrama on 20-something gallerinas, but yesterday, the TV network released a tear-filled trailer for Work of Art’s second season (beginning October 12th). The series seeks to find America’s next great artist (so far they’ve come up empty handed), once more pitting a few artist hopefuls against one another for a cash pot of $100,000. We’ll soon see what fruits the season has to bear.

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Snapshot of 2010: The Art World’s Best Dressed – ARTINFO.com

by Art Fag City on January 3, 2011

Snapshot of 2010: The Art World’s Best Dressed – ARTINFO.com – Not so sure about Bill Powers on this list. 

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Market Forces: Locating What We Want From Art

by Paddy Johnson on August 16, 2010
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“We want from art…some experience free of ulterior motives.” writes Tom McCormick in his closing paragraph of Market Forces for The Museum of Moving Image website. In as much as anyone can define what makes good art, certainly McCormick’s labeled a good part of it. The author drew the sentiment at least in part from […]

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