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Jeanne-Claude Memorial

Just like her massive projects with husband/partner Christo – the memorial service for Jeanne – Claude this week was a massive event to be remembered long after it ends. The memorial was held at the MET – by invitation only. It was a who’s who list of art world guests.  There were 3 levels of VIP [...]

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April 9
Flush Faces: Bands that are THE SHIT!
Presented by: yeahdef.com
Rubber Gloves
411 East Sycamore Street Denton, TX
(Doors @ 9 $10 OR $5 dollars if you bring a canned food item for donation to North Texas Food Bank)
DAMAGED GOOD$ / S.A.I. / POWER ANIMAL / FLORENE / UPTOWN BUMS / OLD SNACK / DJ’d by FUR /

April 10-11
Oak Cliff Art Crawl
10AM-10PM
Event will include an [...]

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The Deep Ellum Arts Festival
Fri., April 2, 5:00pm-10:00pm, Sat., April 3, 11:00am-10:00pm, Sun., April 4, 11:00am-7:00pm
Six blocks of Main Street between the Good-Latimer Expressway and Hall Street
Three-day, free-to-attend outdoor “street party” features over 120 decorative and visual artists selling original works, over 90 original bands, a 720 Action Sports BMX & Inline Stunt show, and [...]

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Well much to my dissapointment there was no curry served at the very exclusive and ultra chic preview festivities for Art Dubai. Probably because it would have clashed with the women’s size 00 couture gowns and men’s Karl Lagerfeld-style skinny suits — the fashionably clad guests attracted even more attention than the art.

The day started [...]

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Because I like my curry like I like my art – I traveled to the middle east where the contemporary art scene is hot, hot, hot!
New Middle Eastern artists are emerging everyday, and Middle Eastern collectors are cashing in their oil rigs for arttistic treasures from all of the world.  I had to get in [...]

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The Flaming Lips @ NX35 this year were amazing — I’ve never seen them live but their performance was one of the best I’ve ever seen, and the crowd was intense. On Sunday we went back to Denton for the end of the NX35 weekend. We saw the 8-track museum, a rooftop hip-hop show, and [...]

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We are proud to present a new column EVERY Thursday — [M.I.A. Thursday] — a hot list of what-to-do and where-to-go the upcoming weekend!

Now – May 16
Andy Warhol: The Last Decade @ Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth
Showcasing 55 works from Andy Warhol’s last eight years of life.
Museum of Modern Art Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell [...]

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I got the chance to go by the BODIES EXHIBIT in West End in Downtown Dallas today.  This was one of the best scientific exhibits I have ever been too — as well as artistic.  The means by which these bodies were obtained and used for the exhibit is highly controversial, as they were not donated [...]

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Press Preview ~ Dallas Art Fair

Lots of cool galleries from NYC, London, Venice, & even Beijing ~ all worth checking out @ Dallas Art Fair
By far the one piece I wanted to take home from the fair:  Kiki Smith Turtle, 2009 @ Pace Prints NYC

@ only $6,000 for the single why not make it a set and buy all three for [...]

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Two launch parties combined into one:
STANDARD Magazine celebrates the launch of its 25th issue, “Architecture & Utopies urbaines”.
Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) celebrates the launch of the “2009 x 20 Catalogue”, a collection of creations by 20 international designers.

Performance: Anne-Laure Keib & Max Krefeld of Appaloosa

DJ Set: Jean Marc Rabemila of Tricolore Paris

The IFM [...]

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She puts her back to me, pushes her hair to the side, and turns to give a look out of her left eye which demands only one thing and one thing only-
After a few steps, my hand arrives upon the middle of her back and her shoulder blades begin to display a show of their [...]

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Long day at school today.
A couple pages left to read in Lolita.
This calls for a quick stroll in the gardens of the Château de Versailles before making my way back into Paris centre…
After a quick 5 minute drive from school, I landed upon a cool surprise – Veilhan Versailles. Set against the typical lines and [...]

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Wednesday evening, the team had the fortune of meeting Michael Gross, author of Rogues’ Gallery – a revealing, unauthorized look at the 138-year history of the nation’s greatest museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The even was hosted by Dallas designer and best-boss-ever Laura Hunt, in her dreamy and well-chronicled office above the Regent Theater [...]

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The past year I have visited a plethora of exhibits and museums in Paris, but none can compare to this one.
The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art has just transformed their premises into a three-part exhibition called Né Dans La Rue – Graffiti (Born in the Streets – Graffiti), which follows the history of the street [...]

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