Mar 30

Link About It: This Week’s Picks: Nick Cave’s Grand Central horses, tracking Chinese censorship, mosh pit math and more in our weekly look at the web

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Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Basquiat’s Unseen Work After a year of record breaking sales at Gagosian Gallery, the public’s voracious appetite for the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is undeniable. In the wake of this recent rush, his former girlfriend Alexis Alder has come forward with a…

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Jan 11

Weiwei-isms: Intelligent ruminations from China’s most notorious radical artist

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Weiwei-isms

In his fight for freedom of expression, Ai Weiwei’s words are his ammunition. And fortunately, the controversial Chinese artist wields intellectual commentary with the voracity of a machine gun. For those who share his sentiments about the synonymity of art and activism, the new book “Weiwei-isms” is like having…

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Oct 27

Link About It: This Week’s Picks: London’s Sound Taxi, Ai Weiwei’s Grass-Mud Horse Style, COMUNE’s last ride and more in our look at the web this week

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Link About It: This Week's Picks

1. Grass-Mud Horse Style In a remark on Chinese Web censorship artist Ai Weiwei mocked PSY’s ubiquitous Gangnam Style video with his own version, Grass-Mud Horse Style. Still online outside of China, the video shows Weiwei in handcuffs, which he says “should belong to law enforcement but in many…

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