Not showing a single kimono, 30 Japanese artists demonstrate how much you can do with just a bit of thread.
Design & Architecture: Not Your Grandma's Textile Art: See Radical Sculptures, Tapestries, and More From the Japan Society's "Fiber Futures" Show
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Galleries: Gagosian Store on Madison Avenue Suddenly Closes, a Rare Retreat for the Uber Gallery
The shop, which previously sold high-end multiples, artist books, and exhibitions publications, has shuttered after two years of existence.
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Fashion: Why Did Kanye West's Paris Fashion Week Debut Flub So Badly? See the Pictures
Critics had a myriad of gripes with the the rapper's first foray as a designer, from his lack of focus to his unseasonable use of winter materials.
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Design & Architecture: Zaha Hadid Claims Second Stirling Prize Victory To the Dismay of the Architecture Community
The starchitect's Evelyn Grace Academy beat out Bennets Associates's Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Hopkins Architects's London Olympic Velodrome.
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Art & Crime: Three Arrested for Brazen $134 Million Heist of Masterpieces From Paris's Modern Art Museum
The paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Modigliani, and Léger remain missing.
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Fashion: Jean Paul Gaultier Seduces the Quebecois, Bringing Record Audiences to Montreal Museum
The last weekend of the designers retrospective drew more visitors than 2009s John Lennon and Yoko Ono exhibition.
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People: What's So Funny?: Steve Martin Plays Straight Man to Peter Schjeldahl in New Yorker Festival Interview
The talk spanned Western art history from Rembrandt to Warhol, and put to rest that whole 92nd Street Y imbroglio.
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Arts Policy: China Cracks Down on Art Organization's Confucius Peace Prize, Founding Rival Confucius Prize
The original award was founded as a Chinese alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize but is now dismissed by officials as "a total failure."
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The Daily Checklist: Obama Proclaims October National Arts and Humanities Month, Banksy Strikes Back at Rival King Robbo, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, it turns out Liz Taylor's Frans Hals painting is real after all.
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Museums: First Look at Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Museum Finds No Evidence of "Cultural Money-Laundering"
The Washington Post's Philip Kennicott ventured deep into the heart of Bentonville, Arkansas, to report on the Wal-Mark heiress's ambitious compound.
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Design & Architecture: Give 'Em Shelter: Shigeru Ban on Creating Innovative (and Cheap) Refuges for Natural Disaster Victims
The famed Japanese architect paid a visit to New York over the weekend to share insight into his latest projects, including a slew of humanitarian works made of cardboard tubes.
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Fashion: Think Pink: Paris Fashion Week Designers Revive Classic French Romanticism
For the opening of Paris's Fashion Week, ARTINFO France describes the new styles of five major designers, including Jean-Paul Gaultier and Kenzo.
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Design & Architecture: Bilbao Effect Sputters as Spain Closes Dazzling Oscar Niemeyer Center Just Six Months After Its Opening
The regional government plans to shut down the cultural institution due to unexplained "irregularities" in its spending.
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The Daily Checklist: LACMA to Create L.A.'s First Movie Museum, Gerhard Richter Slams the Art Market, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, want to be the artist-in-residence at Cern? Just be a genius.
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Postwar & Contemporary Art: Pacific Standard Time Inspires Treasure Hunt for the Forgotten Gems of L.A. Art
Long-neglected pieces of the city's cultural heritage are coming to light in the citywide exhibition and artists are finally getting recognition, too.
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People: New York Observer's Desperate LBM Smear Misfires And Is Full of Errors
[UPDATED] Could journalist standards at Jared Kushner's media company be more pathetic?
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Dance: "Psyche"! Karen Kilimnik Trades Painting Leonardo DiCaprio for Designing Ballet Sets
The American artist brings her vision to the backdrops of a Paris Opera Ballet production.
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Art and Politics: Latest Architects of Israel's Museum of Tolerance Threaten to Follow Frank Gehry Out the Door
Mere weeks remain before construction is set to begin on the controversial Jerusalem museum, which will lie atop a Muslim graveyard.
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Design & Architecture: 5 Things We Learned About Diller Scofidio + Renfro From Their 92nd Street Y Talk
The trio discussed the "High Line Effect," why they're against architecture school, and Peter Eisenman's jealousy.
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The Daily Checklist: Artists Remember Steve Jobs, Ai Weiwei Receives a Human Rights Award from Bianca Jagger, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, France sends disputed Maori heads back to New Zealand.
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