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EDITOR'S PICK
by MUSECNN | Press Room
Ugo Rondinone, the Swiss-born, New York-based artist, has created a major work of public art for Rockefeller Center. Human Nature includes nine colossal stone figures, standing like ancient sentries along the full length of Rockefeller Plaza between 49th and 50th Streets. Ranging in height from 16 to 20 feet, they weigh up to 30,000 lbs each.
EDITOR'S PICK
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Mullherin + Pollard is pleased to present "Seer Screens," an exhibition of new works by Jared Clark. Contemplating the rapidly dissolving boundaries between humans and interactive displays, Clark reveals an interplay between viewer and object that sometimes reverses those roles, and sometimes combines them.Clark is primarily known for his Bilds, sculptures constructed with a collage-like array of found objects.
Editor's Pick
by MUSECNN | Press Room
Koen van den Broek’s second solo exhibition with the Friedman Benda is titled Apex. In this body of large-scale work van den Broek uses the history of his own paintings as a reference point and conceives fresh commentaries on abstraction. He formally resolves his signature tension between the photographic and the painterly, transcending from referential and cerebral to the experiential and spiritual. A trained architect, van den Broek uses light, shape, and repetition to build generic structures, be it natural or man-made, through layering and the application of vibrant colors. Shadows cast by anonymous buildings, cracks in sun baked pavement, and lonely overpass bridges suggest human presence and a narrative long past. His preference for the casual and reflective aligns with Edward Hopper and Wayne Thiebaud.
EDITOR'S PICK
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Curator Lance Fung is pleased to announce that installations by artists Peter Hutchinson, Robert Lach and Jedediah Morfit will be added to the large, seven-acre ARTLANTIC: wonder site in 2013. The Hutchinson, Lach and Morfit interventions will complement the 2012 installations by Robert Barry, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, John Roloff and Kiki Smith and will include several of Peter Hutchinson’s famous “thrown rope” pieces, Robert Lach’s fiberglass bird’s nest installation and functional, cast aluminum furniture and gate by Jedediah Morfit. The new ARTLANTIC installations, which include Lach’s and Morfit’s first public art commissions, will be installed by July 2013.
Editor's Pick
by MUSECNN | Press Room
Bernd Ribbeck’s work builds upon the geometric vocabulary and historical background of spiritual abstraction. Drawing from these influences, Ribbeck interlaces simple structures and color planes to produce images of faceted, seemingly infinite complexity. Confronted much like religious icons, these works speak to the possibility of the intangible, while their inherent material presence grounds the viewer in reality. In this exhibition, Ribbeck presents a newly developed series of India Ink drawings. Composed primarily of interlocking geometric forms, these works speak to the symbolic potential of ornamentation.
EDITOR'S PICK
by MUSECNN | Press Room
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts is thrilled to present An Awful Rainbow, an exhibition of new work by abstract painter, Paul Behnke. April 18 - May 18, 2013Inspired by an 1820 poem by English poet John Keats, which reads "Do not all charms fly/ At the mere touch of cold philosophy?/ There was an awful rainbow once in heaven/we know her... texture;" Paul Behnke's latest work is, first and foremost, an exercise in color.
EDITOR'S PICK
by MUSECNN | Press Room
The self-titled show in Mana’s first-floor gallery will feature more than 150 of Araki's works selected from a distinguished private collection, as well as a unique installation of 500 Polaroids. Arguably Japan's greatest living photographer—and certainly its most controversial—Araki's work is charged with intense sexuality. Known best for his intimate, snapshot style images of women in bondage (also known as kinbaku, the Japanese art of erotic rope-tying), Araki is an artist who reacts strongly to his emotions and uses photography to express them more fully.888 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ, 07306
EDITOR'S PICK
by MUSECNN | Press Room
In celebration of the publication of her book 365 DAYS: A CATALOGUE OF TEARS, Laurel Nakadate invites everyone who reads these lines to come to MoMA PS1 to CONFESS, DETAIL, and ATONE FOR SHAMEFUL ACTS OF THE PAST. These public apologies will stand in for more intimate acts of apology for the time being, and may result in feelings of well-being and relief for those who have been carrying around burdens, great and small.
REVIEWS
by Candice Novak
Artists and tech gurus—two types of genius that have shaped the identity of the Bay Area—have historically had little in common. Even if city planners and citizens weren’t aware of the inherent dual personality of the region, they have found their man. New York-based artist Leo Villareal successfully mixes art and technology in a way that’s not forced or geeky. He has fused programmable LED lights and computer programming with what can only be called beauty to dazzle his host city, and not on a small scale. The biggest, brightest example of high-tech and high-art coming together happens to also be the biggest, brightest and most adored new public art installation in the Bay Area, and increasingly, the world: The Bay Lights.

Photo by Nina Wood
Art Market
by Kristina Vega
The Independent is truly a unique art show. Now its third year, the event showcased works from 43 galleries, publishing houses, and performance spaces from the tri state area and beyond. Though the pieces were all for sale, there was a distinct feel throughout that the event was held for the enjoyment of the viewer and the magnificence of the art as opposed to being shown for the profit of the galleries.
Painting
by Xiomara Martinez-White
For Jason Karolak, it is not “grease,” but “geometry,” that is the word. In his newest, untitled exhibition, Karolak focuses on different aspects of geometry, while also emphasizing color and contrast.
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Geometry Under Pressure: Don Voisine’s Paintings

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Hyperallergic: Don Voisine’s oil paintings on wood brim with all kinds of tensions: between flatness …

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There Are Fewer Than 10 Full-Time Art Critics in the U.S.

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The New York Observer: Since it’s a pretty nice day out, I figured it might be an okay time to share …

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Ear Plugs Provided as Kapoor Cannon Flings Wax in Berlin

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Bloomberg: A cannon is firing heavy bullets of burgundy wax into a corner in test runs before the opening …

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The Bermuda Triangle of Art

11:33 AM on 21 May 2013

Hyperallergic: When Marcel Duchamp submitted his signed urinal to a group exhibition in 1917, he certainly …

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Damien Hirst: Jumping the Shark

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A Conversation With Peter Acheson

10:57 AM on 20 May 2013

Hyperallergic: This is an essay about communication and exchange between painters. It has to do with …

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Theaster Gates creates at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art

10:48 AM on 20 May 2013

Art Daily: Theaster Gates’ practice includes performance, sculpture, installation, and large-scale …

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Phillips $78.6 M. Contemporary Sale

10:22 AM on 20 May 2013

The New York Observer: Phillips ended this week’s contemporary art auctions with a modest sale that …

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Paddle8 moves to buy stake in Artnet

6:13 AM on 20 May 2013

The online auction house, Paddle8, is acquiring an option to purchase a stake in Artnet, the online auction …

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E-book sales almost doubled in 2012, rising to $3.04 billion

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Los Angeles Times: The total revenue generated by e-book sales in the U.S. in 2012 was $3.04 billion, …

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Conquistador letter found

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One of the oldest letters sent to the New World, dated 15 October 1522, has been found in the State Archive …

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The battle for Egypt’s ancient Roman site, Antinopolis

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Leading archaeologists have denounced the poor state of conservation of the Roman remains at Antinopolis …

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Nationwide contemporary art exhibition announced for Scotland in 2014

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A Scottish nationwide exhibition of contemporary art, GENERATION, will coincide with the Commonwealth …

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Tales of Titian’s Diana and Castillo head to summer festivals in cinema truck

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Visitors to this year’s Hay, Grassington, Buxton and Latitude festivals will be able to sit under a star-studded …

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Hepworth Wakefield to convert adjacent mill into contemporary art space

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Look/13 festival takes top photographers to Liverpool

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Museums at Night 2013: Venues and visitors reflect on a successful weekend

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Ashmolean Museum acquires Millais’ famous Pre-Raphaelite portrait of John Ruskin

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New Intel CEO creates ‘New Devices’ division focused on ‘cool technology’

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PC World: Well, that didn’t take long. A mere five days after Brian Krzanich took the reins as the …

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How gold nanoparticles can help fight ovarian cancer

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Positively charged gold nanoparticles are usually toxic to cells, but cancer cells somehow manage to …

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The Guardian: Whenever government surveillance is debated, someone inevitably pooh-poohs the subject …

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By Larry O’HanlonDiscovery NewsHumans today eat gorillas and chimpanzees, so why would our prehistoric …

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Researchers develop fast, economical method for high-definition video compositing

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Video compositing to create special effects, replace backgrounds or combine multiple takes of an actor’s …

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Company pioneering new types of material for 3-D printer ‘ink’

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(Phys.org) —Emerging Objects, a San Francisco based fabrication studio, is pioneering the use of new …

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Where do you hold your cellphone? Your brain decides

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When you talk on the cellphone, do you hold it up to your right ear or left? A group of researchers at …

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