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ArtCal - Chelsea - Sikkema Jenkins & Co. - Vik Muniz, Verso

Frankly, Sikkema Jenkins rarely shows anything worth more than a straight up pan these days. I'm not sure how this show will turn out, but it reads like a registral interpretation of previous Marclay verso works.

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Photo Gallery: Beijing’s Penis Restaurant - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

“The Guolizhuang menu is a broad introduction to the medicinal benefits of eating animal penises and testicles.” Eat up! Penises are good for women’s skin! Via: Charles Westerman

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TV ON THE RADIO | DEAR SCIENCE | 9.23.08

I had begun to feel like TV On The Radio had one thing to say and they'd already said it. Golden Age suggests we have a lot to look forward to with the September release of Dear Science. Via: Idolator

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Nick Hallett, Self-made man - Time Out New York

“My ultimate idea of success that I haven’t achieved yet would be for the artistic projects to sustain me financially,” [Hallett] admits, seemingly untroubled by it. “But if I can spend my creative energies on projects that make me happy, being part of the mechanism that moves culture forward, that’s success.”

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Famous graffiti artist reportedly detained in Beijing - Crain’s New York Business

James Powderly, co-founder of Graffiti Research Lab, detained in Beijing

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HOW TO CHEAT AT EVERYTHING | More Intelligent Life

“I could sell shit at an anti-scat party,” says [Simon Lovell] “you have to figure out someone’s wants and needs and convince them what you have will fill their emotional void.” A con man is essentially a salesman who excels at making people feel special and understood.

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Ionarts: Ionarts in Santa Fe: Site Santa Fe

An excellent and very thorough review.

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Ken Layne: Faith of Our Frauders: Candidates’ Church Chat

"…The White House's response to the Russia/Georgia war gets a smirking "whatever" from Moscow. Who are we to be telling anyone not to invade little countries? We've been doing it with great fanfare and steady failure since Vietnam, and we're bogged down in so many doomed occupations today that Robot Troops are the only hope. Maybe we can buy some from Japan, on credit. Or that famous swimmer Michael Phelps can save the country by, uh, swimming very fast to various problem zones, like Aquaman."

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Fall Fashion 2008 - Why Juergen Teller Thinks Fashion Photography Isn’t Sexy — New York Magazine

Informative, though slightly grating. Juergen Teller comes off as the arogant asshole type you’re supposed to thank for “telling it like it is”. And of course if you don’t appreciate the tough love, his fury will prompt his “best” work.

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Mary Boone Gallery - Terence Koh

Terence Koh at Mary Boone Gallery in 2009. There's an unexpected match.

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Ryan McGinness - 1998

This is a great piece. “TALREJA INTERIOR,” 1998, GESSO ON TRANSLUCENT PLASTIC AND WOOD STRETCHERS, 12 X 24 IN.

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Seventeen Gallery - David Ersser

I've go back and forth on how much I like David Ersser, but this at the very least, is undeniably impressive.

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