Cities mark Portrait Gallery of Canada deadline

Cities compete for the Portrait Gallery

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The Second Generation: The Millennial Generation Way More Annoying Than Us, Says Gen-Xer

Choice quote from Radar, "Today, when a hip band allows Outback Steakhouse to co-opt one of their most beloved songs, Millennials (those born between 1982-2002) don’t call it selling out. It’s a cogent business decision."

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Rhode Island School of Design | ANNUAL GRADUATE THESIS EXHIBITION 2008

Thanks to a RISD tipster for this: Opens May 20th, closes June 1st. Apparently the school has advertising on MTA city buses that I’ve missed.

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California Court Affirms Right to Gay Marriage - New York Times

Now for the rest of the country.

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Rhizome Benefit

Honoring artist Lynn Hershman Leeson and del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter tonight. Don’t miss it!!!

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The Internet on My Lonesome Cowboy

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Nico Nico Animated Gifs: Pink Tentacle

The bird pecking the running stick figure is choice. Via c-monster

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Clementine ‘sisters’ bow out—with no regrets

By October of 1996, they had [raised] the princely sum of $60,000— enough to cover their expenses for the first year. (Now, 12 years later, they have to sell at least $80,000 every month to cover expenses.) Via: Bloggy

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Bronx Museum of the Arts: Programs

1:30-3:30pm – The Brainstormers / GuerrillaGirls. Satiric demonstration in front of the Museum. Picketers representing men (wearing fake moustaches) will protest too many women exhibited at Bronx Museum…

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Michel Gondry Entertained For Days By New Cardboard Box | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source

Hilarious! Via S.S.

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The Two Percent: Compare

Critic recommendations in walking order. Chelsea only. Looks like Piotr Uklanski at Gagosian is a winner.

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ArtCal - Tribeca / Downtown - KS Art - Noise/Art

Curated by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. This show represents the living phenomena of underground noise musicians who work contemporaneously as visual artists and who utilize the ephemera and product of noise music…

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Robert Rauschenberg, Titan of American Art, Is Dead at 82 - New York Times

“PGh0bWw+PG…” previously in the place of this link; technical error, or homage to Rauschenberg? You decide. From the obit. “Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else’s aesthetics.” says Rauschenberg, “I think you’re born an artist or not. I couldn’t have learned it. And I hope I never do because knowing more only encourages your limitations.”

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art.blogging.la

art.blogging.la relaunches. The site looks great!

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ArtCal - Long Island City - Sculpture Center - Michael Portnoy, Casino Ilinx

This looks impressive.

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