February 2012
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Sotheby's to sell Munch's "The Scream", eyes $80... →
“Sotheby’s will offer the only privately owned version of Edvard Munch’s haunting work “The Scream” at an auction in New York on May 2 where it expects to fetch over $80 million, the highest pre-sale value the auctioneer has ever put on a work of art.”
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Jenny Holzer's Mom is On Twitter →
ANARCHY BEGINS AT HOME BUT IT DOESN’T BEGIN AT THIS HOME, YOU NEED TO INFORM ME OF YOUR PRESSING ONTOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS BEFORE I GET BACK FROM THE SUPERMARKET, IDENTITY CAN BE A TRICKY THING TO PIN DOWN BUT I AM NOT YOUR MAID…
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Cindy Sherman: Becoming →
Jerry Saltz writes: “Cecil Beaton once said that “making oneself a work of art” was “that most difficult of all causes.” Cindy Sherman not only does that, she’s given herself up entirely to the mission…Today, I think of Cindy Sherman as an artist who only gets better. Right up to the most recent works at MoMA—giant implacable wall murals featuring Sherman as unknowable beings,...
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The Art of Distraction →
“As we as a society become desperate financially, and more regulated and conformist, our ideals of competence become more misleading and cruel, making people feel like losers. There might be more to our distractions than we realized we knew. We might need to be irresponsible. But to follow a distraction requires independence and disobedience; there will be anxiety in not completing...
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America's H.R. 1981 A Turd Wrapped in Cotton Candy →
“Background: H.R. 1981, the nefariously entitled ‘Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act,’ is actually a wide-ranging Internet surveillance bill that has no place in the United States of America. (Why not call it the Protecting Kittens From Harm Act? Or the American Prosperity Guarantee Act — just a B.S. name so that politicians in the House and Senate are...
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“People have never dressed as badly as they do now…We are so conformist, nobody...”
– Dame Vivienne Westwood, Showcasing her autumn/winter line of her Red Label brand at My Beautiful Fashion at Goldsmith’s Hall, central London for London Fashion Week
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Royal Institution Video Channel →
“A highlight of the seasonal TV schedule in the UK, the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures have always provided a nice slice of science in the midst of the hymns and carols. Now many of the RI’s classic lectures are featured in a new video channel…An ongoing project that will see all the Christmas Lectures uploaded, along with a host of other content produced by the...
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How to Start the Big Project You’ve Been Putting... →
“Don’t ignore your fear. Acknowledge it. As soon as you know you’re going to give that speech or design that training program, take a quiet moment and experience the fear that comes with the importance of the project. … Resist the temptation to minimize your anxiety. That’s a false macho response and it lacks courage. It’s also counterproductive; it gives power to the fear, almost...
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