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Artworld Goes Wild! An Evening at Mildred’s Lane

by Karen Archey on July 13, 2009

POST BY KAREN ARCHEY Doron Sadja of Paris London, a Bard sound student, performs at Mildred’s Lane. All photos Karen Archey unless otherwise noted. Should you spend the weekend amidst the uncannily utopic landscape and Dionysian crowds at Mildred’s Lane, you’d probably feel like you’re on the set of a Ryan McGinley photo shoot, only […]

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Can You Feel the Zeitgeist? Michael Jackson’s Funeral Breaks the Internet

by Karen Archey on July 8, 2009

POST BY KAREN ARCHEY Photo AFC What may have been the most poignant day in recent history depressed the shit out of us here at AFC. But our melancholy was due less to Michael Jackson's televised funeral than the weirdly banal status updates via CNN's live video feed and Facebook status plugin. The memorial service […]

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Best Link Ever! Net Overload: 99 Links You Should’ve Seen Already!

by Karen Archey on July 3, 2009

POST BY KAREN ARCHEY Still from “Grape Stomp” video How much link can you get? We have no idea who Greg Rutter is, but he put together a fantastic list of 99 links  comprehensively scouring every meme on the Internet ever. Websites range from obvious classics Cute Overload and Dancing Baby to lesser known gems […]

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Do Canaries Have Accents? Notes From Berlin: Kaye Donachie

by Karen Archey on July 1, 2009

POST BY KAREN ARCHEY Kaye Donachie, Serenely let us move to distant places, 2008. AFC Associate Editor Karen Archey was fortunate enough to spend some time in Berlin during our recent European art tour.  This series of reviews reflects a handful of galleries we visited throughout May and June. Peres Projects Schlesische Str. 26 10997 […]

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Best Link Ever! Taking a Stroll Through the Land of Trolls

by Karen Archey on June 26, 2009

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Dear Lindsay Pollock: Basel Ain’t All Schnitzel and Cheval Blanc

by Karen Archey on June 12, 2009

POST BY KAREN ARCHEY Barbara Kruger, Untitled (I Shop Therefore I Am), 1987 Barbara Kruger’s infamous image unironically graced the front page of The Art Newspaper’s daily ArtBasel sales report for June 12-14. One would assume the article using Kruger’s image—which skeptically investigates consumer culture—would share its critical sentiment rather than blindly glorify the private […]

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Best Link Ever! Ch-ch-Chia: Grow Obama’s Fro in Your Own Home!

by Karen Archey on June 12, 2009

POST BY KAREN ARCHEY Image via: ChiaObama.com This week’s Best Link Ever goes to ChiaObama.com, a site that peddles ingenious Barack Obama Chia pets. Coming in two poses, “happy” and “determined,” Chia Obamas can be bought for a mere $19.99 via Amazon.com or drugstore.com.  This is a small price to pay for allowing you to […]

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Boy, Do We Love Art History Jokes!

by Karen Archey on June 11, 2009

POST BY KAREN ARCHEY Sherrie Levine, Melt Down (After Yves Klein), 1991 We’re not sure if anyone picked up on Sherrie Levine’s subtle art history quip in Daniel Birnbaum’s expansive Italian Pavilion, so we’re going to do what no one should ever attempt: explain the joke to you. Found in a room consisting primarily of […]

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Rainbow Takes AFC’s Brick Lion Prize at Venice Biennale

by Art Fag City on June 9, 2009

POST BY KAREN ARCHEY Rainbow (or Melanie Schiff?) at the Arsenale in Venice We came across this little gem early on in our stumbling session through the Venice Biennale’s largely indecipherable Arsenale. The space’s historical weight undoubtedly provides a challenge for any curator, however Daniel Birnbaum, the exhibition’s organizer, failed to provide any sense of cohesion, relegating […]

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Best Link Ever! God, Can You Hear the Internet?

by Karen Archey on May 29, 2009

POST BY KAREN ARCHEY Screencapture AFC This week's Best Link Ever goes to Joel Holmberg's Yahoo Answers profile. Holmberg asks fellow Yahoo'ers irreverent questions that walk the line between poignance and hilarity. A few of our favorites: How does it feel to be in love? Are you feeling lucky? What is the goal of online? […]

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