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In East Williamsburg, Artist-Studio Leases Create Woes, and Some Winners

by Corinna Kirsch on January 22, 2014
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Rent prices tend to vary by borough, neighborhood, or street. It’s fairly unusual, then, to see a wide range of rental rates within one building. But at the Dock Studios building in East Williamsburg, owned by Grand Morgan Realty, there’s tenants just over the moon and those who are ready to get the heck out.

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Debate Over ArtPrize (Sort-of) Rages Over Twitter

by Paddy Johnson on December 29, 2011
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Over at WNYC, Carolina Miranda takes issue with my naming of ArtPrize as one of the year’s best exhibitions. Frankly, I’m surprised it took this long for someone to say something.

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How the Marlborough Gallery Besmirched Itself

by Whitney Kimball on August 17, 2011
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In case you missed it, David Levine recently published an elegantly woven account of the havoc wreaked by Mark Rothko’s will. When Rothko died in 1968, he left nothing to his children; his appointed executors quickly sold or consigned nearly 800 paintings at a drastic discount to the Marlborough Gallery. The inevitable lawsuit filed by his daughter ended the careers of every one involved and has left a permanent scar on Marlborough.

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Go See: Four Shows To See This Weekend

by Paddy Johnson on July 29, 2011
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Who wants to see some art? Marlborough’s POWHIDA travels for a lap dance at Ramis Barquet, Karen Rosenberg almost recommends MoMA’s Talk to Me, and for those who wish to stay home, Street Show at Eyebeam can now be downloaded.

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Massive Links! Science Fiction Scandals | Blinking Destroys Art | Artforum Responds (Legally) to Intervention

by Whitney Kimball on July 28, 2011
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China rejects science fiction, but video from Japan suggests evidence of zombie squids. People are even more into storm trooper outfits than previously suspected. None of us can afford Powhida (trust him), but if we don’t touch anything, we can check him out though the window of the Marlborough Gallery. A bold few dare to suggest that academic writing is superfluously convoluted.

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