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Retro, meet retro. Polaroid is planning to open at least ten “experimental” retail Fotobar stores, where customers can edit and print photos taken on their smartphone and stored by …
As the new year brings a new barrage of self-declared “shocking” art exhibitions, how does an artist actually unnerve a largely desensitized audience? Thai photographer Manit Sriwanichpoom‘s new exhibition “Obscene” …
The auction results are in — pop artist extraordinaire Andy Warhol has snagged the position as the world’s biggest seller at auction last year. The Campbell Soup connoisseur raked in …
Jonathon Keats is the author of Forged: Why Fakes are the Great Art of Our Age ($19.95, OUP) “Utterly rotten.” Those were the words with which Tom Keating described the …
This old dive in Harlem has been shuttered for about as long as it had been open. Yet Minton’s Playhouse will always be known as the cradle of bebop, where …
The diva strikes back. Never one to shy away from dramatics, former Supremes headliner Diana Ross caused a scene in a Beverly Hills restaurant last Thursday after she was told …
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01/08/13 03:38 AM ET EST NEW YORK — David Bowie is celebrating his birthday by releasing new music. The English singer announced Tuesday, his 66th birthday, that he has released …
AP | Posted: 01/08/2013 4:55 am EST LONDON (AP) — A second coroner’s inquest confirmed Tuesday that Amy Winehouse died of accidental alcohol poisoning when she resumed drinking after a …
In the art world, fluff shows of corporate art collections are generally the lowest of the low. An exception is at the California African American Museum through June. “The Legacy …
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In 1997, Darlene Clark Hine came across an essay in which Harlem Renaissance writer Arna Bontemps argued that black Chicago had its own, little-known renaissance that began in the 1930s …
In his new book, former Sony Music CEO Tommy Mottola claims his ex-wife Mariah Carey should be grateful for his hand in her success. In his new memoir, Hitmaker, Mottola …
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January 7, 2013 | Posted by ABS Staff “Deception,” a new drama premiering on NBC this week, introduces us to yet another wealthy family full of secrets. This time, the …
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Here on Street Art Utopia have we a lot of artists and collectives representing. These are the ones that have one or more collection dedicated to them. A list that …