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Instantaneous ownership
Read more: Instantaneous ownership“Why should I play a celebrity and live in Beijing for 21 days without spending money?” From May 1st to May 21st, 2021, I spent 21 days in Beijing without spending money, and I was as elegant as a celebrity.…
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Shouting 喊
Read more: Shouting 喊Shouting is one of Xu Zhen’s early works questioning the limits of individual expression. First exhibited at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005, the video shows Xu hiding in crowds and performing a series of loud screams in Shanghai. The…
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Hundreds of Pro-Palestine Protestors Stage Events at MoMA and Brooklyn Museum
Read more: Hundreds of Pro-Palestine Protestors Stage Events at MoMA and Brooklyn MuseumAs the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, hundreds of people gathered inside the Museum of Modern Art and outside of the Brooklyn Museum on Saturday for protests. Images and videos posted on Instagram show several banners unfurled inside MoMA’s…
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Zhang Huan, To Raise the Water Level in a Fishpond
Read more: Zhang Huan, To Raise the Water Level in a FishpondZhuang Huan invited more than 40 men – laborers, fishermen, construction workers––who had recently migrated to Beijing from other areas of China to participate. Zhang Huan said, “In order to find these workers, I visited many of the shacks where…
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Augmented reality project puts monumental public art at New Yorkers’ fingertips
Read more: Augmented reality project puts monumental public art at New Yorkers’ fingertipsDigital art platform Kinfolk has launched its New York City-wide participatory exhibition Signature Series, the initiative’s largest public endeavour to date. The project places newly created augmented reality (AR) monuments by four New York artists—Pamela Council, Derrick Adams, Tourmaline and…
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Mika Rottenberg: Cosmic Generator
Read more: Mika Rottenberg: Cosmic GeneratorCosmic Generator presents a network of characters working in nonsensical, and at times absurd, economies. Artist Mika Rottenberg uses footage from actual discount dollar stores in Calexico, CA; Mexicali, Mexico; and Yiwu, China to recreate the imaginary “life” of a…
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Mother Pigeon—Tina Piña Trachtenburg
Read more: Mother Pigeon—Tina Piña TrachtenburgTina Piña, better known as Mother Pigeon (@motherpigeonbrooklyn), is an artist and self-described “high priestess of the pigeon religion,” whose passion for New York City’s often-overlooked bird has helped her carve out a unique creative niche centered around pigeons—as well…
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The Sewer Soaperie: Cities, Oil and Human Behavior
Read more: The Sewer Soaperie: Cities, Oil and Human BehaviorMany artists are inspired to bring climate change into their work after a direct experience with it. Catherine Sarah Young hopes her work helps people understand and talk about their experiences with climate change. Originally from the Philippines, she first…
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When the Sky Blooms With Sakura—the first daytime fireworks in the sky above Yotuskura Beach in Iwaki City
Read more: When the Sky Blooms With Sakura—the first daytime fireworks in the sky above Yotuskura Beach in Iwaki CityOn June 26, contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang released the daytime firework display ‘When the Sky Blooms with Sakura’ at Yotsukura Beach in Iwaki City, as commissioned by Saint Laurent’s creative director Anthony Vaccarello. An area that has been devasted by…
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Ballerina uses art to express solidarity with Iran protests
Read more: Ballerina uses art to express solidarity with Iran protestsAMNA NAWAZ: Since anti-government protests erupted in Iran last year, people around the world have taken to social media to show their support. That includes an Iranian American ballerina who’s tapping into her own heritage and her art, in solidarity…