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What Happened to Ai Wei Wei in Detention?

China's (and the art world's) most famous political dissident created a video about his time in detention. Its called Dumbass. ...

The New F Word, FEMEN

If you've been have glazing over the headlines lately you will have seen the raucous activities of a topless feminist collective from across the globe. ...

Molly's F*cking World

Yeah, and its Molly's f*cking way or the highway, too... In a repeat performance of her hit solo show Molly “Equality” Dykeman returns with The F*cking World According to Molly. ...

Karmic Connections; Relationships part 2 of 3

Patrice Kamins continues her three part video series on how planetary transits are a reflection of the relationships we encounter. ...

Limits of Communication Curated by Ben Nadler, Vp Reading Series

Last week guest curator Ben Nadler presented a diverse and intriguing group of musicians and writers and musician writers for ...

Arne Svenson, Peeping At the Neighbors

Photographer Arne Svenson opened a gorgeous show of photographs at the Julie Saul Gallery this week to much controversy. ...

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

Today is the official International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia otherwise known as IDAHO. ...

Diddy Goes Downtown on Downton

Sean Combs gays it up on Downtown Abbey... with the real cast of Downton.     ...

Vemeer's Daughter, The One with The Pearl Earring

If you think breaking into the art world is hard now, imagine if you were a girl in pre-modern Europe the only hope that you could persue a career as an artist would be if your father was an artist ...

The Person is the Transit, Relationships Part 1 of 3

Resident astrologer Patrice Kamins begins her three part video series on how planetary transits affect the kinds of relationships we encounter. ...

Eat, Pray, Epiphany with Victoria Libertore

Sometimes traveling half way round the world is the only way to find yourself. ...

FEMA Denies Aid To Housing Co-Ops after Sandy

According to New York's Office of Housing Recovery Operations, some 120 co-op buildings, with 13,000 apartments, and 368 condominiums, with 7,000 units, sustained flooding and damage after Hurrican ...

"The Limits of Communication", Velvetpark's Reading Series *Update*

Coming up this Wensday is Velvetpark's latest installment of our new reading series. ...

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Barbara Garcia, Her Dog, and Life Under the Oklahoma Sky
The New Yorker
May 22, 2013

Tornadoes, for all their vicious bulk, are capricious. They can rip a building out of the ground and leave a little dog dusty and dazed, but otherwise unscathed.

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Femen protester stages mock suicide at Notre Dame cathedral
The Guardian
May 22, 2013

A member of the feminist group Femen, staged a mock suicide in Notre Dame cathedral in the French capital, less than 24 hours after a far-right historian killed himself there in front of visitors and church-goers.

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Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
The Independent
May 22, 2013

A far-right French historian shot himself in the head beside the altar of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris today apparently in protest against the legalisation of gay marriage in France.

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Does Expansion of Rights Also Expand Antigay Violence?
Advocate.com
May 22, 2013

The National Organization for Marriage released a statement on Tuesday distancing its agenda from the murder of Mark Carson, a New Yorker gunned down for being gay.

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The Whitney Museum's New Logo Goes Nowhere
Hyperallergic
May 22, 2013

WTF Whitney?

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Early Prints by Mary Cassatt
Hyperallergic
May 22, 2013

The much overlooked print collection at NY Public library features works by Mary Cassatt, the 19th C. ex-pat living in Paris and helping to define the Impressionist movement.

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The Nazi Ties of Joseph Beuys
http://hyperallergic.com
May 21, 2013

A new biography argues that artist Joseph Beuys was not really progressive and enlightened, but rather reactionary in his politics. A new biography of the artist, kicks up the age-old debate about the separation of the artist and the art ...

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