Archive for the ‘art’ Category

How to sell magazines 101: New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning, Osama-Loving Obama

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Who knows if they'll get this in Dubuque, but they sure aren't going to like it in Chicago: This week's New Yorker cover features an image of Michelle and Barack Obama that combines every smeary right-wing stereotype imaginable: An image of Obama in a turban and robes fist-bumping his be-afro'd ...

Public Art: Olafur Eliasson’s Waterfalls Transform New York

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

The buzz on "The New York City Waterfalls" was loud enough that a boatload of reporters chugged out into New York Harbor one recent steamy morning with the installation's artist, Olafur Eliasson, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg for a first, up-close look at the project: four cascades, ranging in height from ...

Purported abortion art dupes media, public

Friday, April 18th, 2008

"The entire project is an art piece, a creative fiction designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman's body," said Yale spokeswoman Helaine Klasky.Read the full story