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The Cult of Kaws
In an age where cultural figures are supposed to be somewhat larger than life, and when bad boys (and girls) still get props for their antics, Brian Kaws is perhaps the most unlikely of art…
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When In Europe...
If you've got your Eurail pass taken care of, and need to fill in some days between music festivals like Sonar and Pukkelpop, consider a stop in Genk, Belgium. The little-known Flemish town is this year's…
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Keeping It In the Family
Max Levai, the charismatic 24-year-old heading up the Chelsea outpost of Marlborough Gallery is breathing new life into the family business. Levai grew up on West 28th Street just blocks from where Marlborough Chelsea sits…
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You Better Work
It had been a while since I'd been to Tom Sachs' studio, so I was surprised to find that an artist who is so constantly and insanely busy with major exhibition projects, who's always runa…
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New York Spring Art Week
Let the FRIEZE fun begin! The art fair had its big VIP opening last night and now it's time for the rest of us to get in on the action at Randall's Island. This weekend…
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On Native SO-IL
When Frieze co-founder Amanda Sharp visited Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu's Brooklyn studio last May, it was clear she was scouting for an architect to launch the contemporary art fair's inaugural New York edition. The…
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The Last Look: Ryan McGinness
"Untitled (Women Painting 4)," 2010.One of the more subversive visual provocateurs of the 21st century, Ryan McGinness has long been manufacturing and manipulating the pictorial language by which we are directed and coerced to both…
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Objects of Desire
"Clothing is the most intimate of art forms," says Zoë Ryan, the Art Institute of Chicago chair and curator of architecture and design, discussing her latest exhibit, "Fashioning the Object." She adds, "I think now…
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The Last Look: Evol
One of the most important street artists to emerge from the Berlin scene, Evol layers multiple intricate and elaborate stencils to transform mundane objects in the urban landscape -- typically electrical boxes and concrete slabs…
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Design, Bitches
How do you define architecture? It's a question that could generate any number of pretentious answers, but when Los Angeles architects and designers Catherine Johnson and Rebecca Rudolph saw it on the submission form for…
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Rashid Johnson
Rashid Johnson's first major exhibition was a group show at Harlem's Studio Museum called "Freestyle." The 2001 exhibition focused on young black artists given the stylistic label "post-black." Johnson, who grew up in the Chicago…
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Davida Nemeroff
When Davida Nemeroff moved to Los Angeles in the summer of 2009, she found the art scene wanting. The Chinatown galleries that had served as the cool kids in the mid-2000s had grown up and…
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The Last Look: Wu Tsang's Wildness
With a migratory practice that includes party promoting, activism, community organizing, performance art, installation and filmmaking, Wu Tsang's itinerant creativity is at once multifaceted, adaptable to circumstance, singularly cohesive and spot on. This spring the…
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Geiss Project
Donning an oversized black furry vest and a welcoming smile, Suzanne Geiss is holding court at 76 Grand Street, once home to the legendary gallery Deitch Projects. The dealer is in her element, giving a…
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Rufus Wainwright Talks Opera Prima Donna
Heretofore singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright has been known as a prolific rock/pop musician and now he can add another credit to his name: opera composer. A lover of opera from an early age, Wainwright makes his…
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R.I.P. Mike Kelley
PAPER was saddened to hear the news today that acclaimed L.A.-based conceptual artist Mike Kelley had passed away of apparent suicide. Known for a multi-medium style that included everything from punk performance art to stuffed…
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Michael Pellew's Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Brooklyn-based artist Michael Pellew has amassed a devoted following (including Sufjan Stevens, Opening Ceremony, Spike Lee, the editors of Paper magazine) thanks to his signature, squiggly drawings of hilariously grouped-together famous people, and meticulous renderings…
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Art Basel Miami Beach 2011
PAPERMAG's been rounding up events to check out at this year's Art Basel Miami Beach since September and the five-day long art extravaganza is finally here. Below, we've compiled our findings into a calendar for…
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The Naked And The Dead Sea
In Israel, according to popular myth, Moses parted the sea and Jesus not only walked on the water, he far more impressively turned it into wine. Such a land of miracles would seem then to…
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