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(July 10th being this Sunday, you guys. Jeez.)
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Before picking up a Picasso in San Francisco, Mark Lugo got one in Soho, and a Leger uptown.
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Leon Reid IV plans to turn George Washington into a 21st century tourist for ten days this fall.
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Whose series of surreal bronze female figures representing the seasons go on view this fall.
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In the mornings for members, and at night for everybody else.
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Plan to build inside the park moving ahead swiftly.
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The Virginia native and one-time Manhattanite became a seminal figure in post-war painting.
- by Benjamin Sutton
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Tags: Art, Obit, Deaths, NYC art, Cy Twombly, Painting, MoMA, NYC museums, Robert Rauschenberg, Whitney, Leo Castelli, Gagosian
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But maybe not if you like the band The Weeknd.
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Leads, presumably, to most tense dinner table conversation in Shevell-McCartnery household history.
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Now you can't even download evidence of Talisman Terry, the friendly Frackosaurus, and add it to your homey collection of evil collectibles. Bummer.
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Founder Wes Jackson explains that there's something hip-hop about DUMBO after all.
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On Sword of Desperation, which bears more than a passing resemblance to Yoji Yamada's recent trilogy.
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Plus Eugene Mirman as a talking octopus and a killer monologue from Kate Lyn Sheil.
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A song called "Honey Bunny," no less.
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Troubleshooter is like a Korean Bourne movie, but more productively ludicrous.
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Tonight's rep film pick is, well, kind of a tough sit.
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The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance wasn't into indie rock, so Iran's Yellow Dogs did what bands do. They moved to Brooklyn.
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Arguably the train most badly in need of an attitude adjustment.
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It's also the template for screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's subsequent Alien.
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Riding along First Avenue is about to get much, much safer; Second Avenue slightly so.
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Last night five performance artists tore through a giant cube of clay in 135 minutes flat.
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This month, use art as an excuse to hop on a train and get out of the city.
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Local sound artist Nick Yulman is putting residents' stories on the streets of Greenpoint and Williamsburg.
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Kyle McDonald used 100 Apple Store laptops to create People Staring at Computers.
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Mummies everywhere breathe a ghastly sigh of relief.
- by Benjamin Sutton
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Tags: Art, News, The Mummy, Brooklyn, Antiques, Smugglers, Art theft, Egyptology, Sarcophagi, Antiques, Antiquities
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Which, sadly, will likely only escalate conflict.
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After only three months at their new location, the Williamsburg mainstay is being forced to move.
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Wait, we thought Wild Yaks broke up?
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Sad, then happy. Then sad. Then happy again.
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And we could be sharing bike by fall!
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The return of self-indulgence, Ryan Adams style.
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Pro-marriage equality state assembly members can no longer donate money to Catholic schools.
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Here's all the media memorabilia in case you missed out.
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The Oscar-winner talks about the interspecies bonds, or lack thereof, in his new documentary.
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Federal judge reaffirms injunction against city, state and federal agencies in land transfer scheme.
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That's one way to beat a recession.
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Film Forum's Essential Pre-Code series kicks off tomorrow night with a doozy.
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The Pavement frontman can parent just fine with the help of Dora the Explorer, thank you very much.
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City officials called to testify in increasingly hysterical court case.
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I knew we were doing something right all along.
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Art! Beach! Ostentatious estates with world-class sculptures in their front yards!
- by Benjamin Sutton
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Tags: Art, Art fairs, artMRKT Hamptons, Hamptons, Richard Serra, Michael Bevilaqua, RHV Fine Art, Like the Spice, Black & White Gallery/Project Space, Dean Project, Yi-Hsin Tzeng, Bridgehampton, Slideshow
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But not Brooklyn! She doesn't say anything bad about Brooklyn!
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A match made in our own strange, personal heaven.
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Many of our fair city's new independent filmmakers danced, raffled mingled. For art's sake.
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Tags: Film, Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine, Green, Gabi on the Roof in July, The Color Wheel, Alex Ross Perry, Bingo & The Belle, Independent Film in Brooklyn, DIY Fundraising, Columbo
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And the fate of a foolish lawsuit hangs in the balance.
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It's only Wednesday, but we'll be drinking like it's Friday. Wait, what?
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Avey holds down the fort while the frat bros dance (or at least stand around and talk).
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Soon, getting to the park will be a walk in the park.
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Not all that good of a day for Steve Jobs.
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Plus John Carpenter's First Movie Since John Carpenter's Last Movie.
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Tags: Film, Your Weekend at the Movie, Horrible Bosses, Interchangeable Dudely Raunch-Coms, The Zookeeper, Kevin James, Happy Madison, The Ledge, Live Tyler's Breasts, John Carpenter's The Ward, John Carpenter's John Carpenter
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Sutton spots Disneyfied regression where Stewart sees patricidal reformation.
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Never forget.
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Video reveals the making of possibly the most successful street artwork of the summer.
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No, Ms. Jong, you're doing it wrong!
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The bridge's bike path is closed through early next year.
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And that's the truth, Ruth.
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Graffiti has spread beyond New York and L.A., and the paper of record wants to know: How do we stop it?!
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Munitions lost in 1954 are just sitting on the floor of the bay.
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The latest prototype, dubbed "BiPod," has yet to be sued by Apple for copyright infringement.
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Welcome to the club, Vanderbilt Avenue between Myrtle and Park!
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Hear the song, and you will undoubtedly feel compelled to drink excessively.
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In turn, they will help you get fat.
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A home away from home.
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Mostly, they find, it's by dropping random letters in their band names.
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Pictures of people watching moving pictures!
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And here we thought it wasn't possible to make a screening of Ferris Bueller any more enjoyable.
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And guess what? That place is in NYC.
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Fleet Foxes and Odd Future, together at last.
- by Mike Conklin
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Tags: Music, PItchfork Music Festival, TV on the Radio, Yuck, Superchunk, Fleet Foxes, Cut Copy, Neko Case, Guided By Voices, Gang Gang Dance, Ariel Pink
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All we have to say about that is: "asphinctersayswhat."
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Professional privacy-invaders get a taste of their own medicine, sort of.
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"This is how you use a bike lane; and this is how you use a sidewalk. See?"
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New York could learn a thing or two from Bristol.
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With street art, a sweet shop, and lots of skin (in the art).
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It's the way of the future!
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His portrait of a very strange Dutch family plays Rooftop Films this Saturday night.
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Sex-trafficking squabble generates traffic (and sex?).
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Sometimes this is the only song we listen to.
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Sutton and Stewart want to kill whichever studio boss greenlighted this so-called comedy.
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A comprehensive survey of the Harry Potter adaptations.
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Because, you know, New York didn't have enough Picassos.
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Sweet $18 million discount on the land that, god forbid, could become a Walmart.
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Brooklyn foodies may be buying bad food.
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Do we need to register "www.thelmagazine.xxx"?
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Oh look, people still have bad taste in music and are mostly stupid.
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Stay tuned for details about how you can help.
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Coincidentally, Walmart also just made a donation to one of the borough president's concert series.
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A slow, hot Monday night with low stakes and a nice payoff.
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There's a new movie theater (and integrated dining experience!) on Metropolitan and Berry.
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Who thought of photographing pretty naked youths first?! $4.5 mil says we'll never know.
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The 90s were so wonderfully odd...
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So throw your hands up in the air if you own a diva cup.
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Surprising new census data following the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
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C'mon, lend your local museum a virtual hand.
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Bedevilled is a gruesome condemnation of the evil that men do...
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Bands, free drinks, sunshine. We're sold.
- by Lauren Beck
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Tags: Music, Bushwick Walkabout Festival, Brooklyn Fireproof, BirdDog Promotions, RethinkPopMusic, Grandchildren, Headless Horseman, Fort Lean, Little Gold, Backwords, Cold Fronts
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What the rich really mean by "quality-of-life issue."
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Beautiful and illegal, Seanna Sharpe's performance stopped cyclists in their tracks and brought out the cops.
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A sample: "Hey lets build that house our 4yearold drawed the other day!"
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The sun and street grid will get freaky tonight and tomorrow night.
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"Dear Wayne, I farted in yoga."
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All of Jamaica Bay basically off limits for swimmers, whether nude or bathing suited.
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With warm weather comes an uptick in sex crime.
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The author of Open City talks about Dutch painting, inequality in New York, and writing about historical trauma.
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After nearly a year without any live shows, the former L Mag "Band You Need to Hear" plays The Seaport on Sunday.
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As BAM's Marilyn Monroe series winds down, we pay some attention to the fading star of her first great movie.
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Features
New albums by Memory Tapes and Washed Out illustrate that the much maligned makeshift genre is perhaps ready to move forward.
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Album Reviews
Leaving her brother momentarily behind, The Fiery Furnaces' singer hits her stride with Last Summer.
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Album Reviews
After some strong mixtapes, the Kanye pretegé's major label debut disappoints.
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Film Reviews
Catherine Breillat's second fairytale movie proves that surrealism's not her strong suit.
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Film Reviews
Errol Morris's new Tabloid is an absurd, absurdly entertaining narrative of obsession and desire.
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Film Reviews
Michael Rapaport's intimate journey with the hip-hop legends offers a long-overdue template for successful rap docs.
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Movie Journal
Kuleshov, Kuleshov, we're all anthropomorphists now: on Project Nim and Errol Morris's Tabloid.
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Film Reviews
Lucas Belvaux's thriller takes a god's-eye view of intricately choreographed ironies (and ransom handoffs).
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Film Reviews
In this indie thriller, a guy might jump! He should.
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Film Reviews
John Carpenter's first movie in a decade plays like a sequel he could have made years ago.
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Film Reviews
The shoestring Fading of the Cries invigorates fantasy-flick tropes with real feeling.
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Film Reviews
Little of this Aussie outback grief chronicle will surprise, and little will please, save Charlotte Gainsbourg's real, wounded performance.
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Film Reviews
The "Essential Pre-Code" series revives a month's worth of frequently frank, resourceful old programmers.
- by Vadim Rizov
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Tags: Film Reviews, Film, Hays Code, Film Forum, Pre-Code, Lee Tracy, Blessed Event, Red Dust, Love Me Tonight, Story of Temple Drake, Baby Face, Girls About Town, Waterloo Bridge
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The German, Brooklyn-based conceptualist explains her fascination with repetition and translating images into new materials.
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An exhibition of Lawrence Weiner ephemera at Susan Inglett Galley draws on Jean-Noël Herlin's unique collection.
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The artist's immense new installation at Zach Feuer Gallery contains a kitchen and dining space of which visitors are only given glimpses.
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The Israeli performance and installation artist outlines the different kinds of violence and aggression he conjured in his latest exhibition.
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The 31-year-old's rich solo show at MoMA PS1 answers that frequent art world query with a "systematic yes."
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Theater Reviews
The Assembly Theater Company's inclusive performance about the Weather Underground turns up the heat at Collapsable Hole in Williamsburg.
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Theater Reviews
In the Drilling Company's erring Comedy of Errors, the houses of Syracuse and Ephesus are competing Lower East Side pizzerias.
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Theater Reviews
Rather than a sensational mess, just a blander, by-committee kind of bad.
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Horacio Castellanos Moya imagines the private life of an ordinary woman during wartime.
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Melville Houses's new line of reissues begins with a flat, historically compelling novel by Irmgard Keun.
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Art Fag City
Despite some recent interesting projects, social media art has a long way to go.
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Sex With the Natural Redhead
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Local
Rachel Zaslow talks to Jonny Diamond
