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MONO.PUNKT #21 & #22: BERLIN VS NEW YORK

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Berlin is the new New York, it is often being said, but what’s for sure is that the New York Art Book Fair is the mother of all art book fairs, including the little Berlin offspring Miss Read. As it happens, the dates for both coincide this year, with both opening today through Sunday. Miss [...]

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THE NOISE GOES ON

Sunday, August 25, 2013

We haven’t heard from our mono.kultur #33 star Kim Gordon for a while. Here she is again, with an exhibition at White Columns in New York. Design Office With Kim Gordon – since 1980 is the first survey exhibition of Gordon’s ongoing art practice. The exhibition will be accompanied by a limited vinyl edition, followed [...]

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NEW YORK BABYLON

Saturday, June 15, 2013

It’s one of those random bits of news that you stumble upon every now and then get stuck with, like, ‘While there is no precise count, some experts believe New York is home to as many as 800 languages.’ Hold on, 800? Or have you ever heard of Vlashki, Garifuna, Mamuju? Neither have I, but [...]

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NEW YORK TYPOGRAPHY

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Probably every self-respecting designer started taking pictures of street typography at some point in their careers (or student days, rather), thinking what an amazing archive this was going to be one day, until the interest started waning and… well, that’s what the Internet and sites like NYC Type are here for, to do the collecting [...]

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DANIEL TURNER

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The last of three looks at the practices of Colin Snapp and Daniel Turner (together known as Jules Marquis), here I talk with Turner, whose solo work draws as much from minimalism as Snapp’s does from conceptual photography. Turner’s work has evolved in fascinating ways since we last spoke; his current show, now on view [...]

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THOMAS RUFF, IN 3D AND ON MARS

Thursday, April 11, 2013

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Thomas Ruff’s practice is singularly heterogeneous, especially when compared with other members of the Düsseldorf School, but it has always been grounded in a keen interest in technological limits of the photographic medium. This has never been more evident than in photograms and ma.r.s, his current show at David Zwirner, in New York. [...]

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Maybe sleeping

Monday, April 1, 2013

There are many reasons to be a fan of Tilda Swinton. Nico of Thought Catalog found 22 more, how about this one:
She is currently sleeping in a box at the MoMa as part of an art installation. She has no scheduled appearance times and she can come and go as she pleases. Called “The Maybe,” [...]

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Nevermind the New Year’s Resolutions – quitting smoking/drinking, eating healthier, traveling more or finding love –  go wild in Studio 54 way of celebrating New Year’s Eve, just like the old times, and dance like Fred Astaire!
‘I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, [...]

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CONCERT

Thursday, November 29, 2012

ICE Lab from NY is performing for three days in Krome Gallery. This performance will be showing every step of a preparation for a concert, eliminating the long period of selection of a work or  rehearsing. An installation by Bo Christian Larsson is said to create a stage that ‘blurs the boundaries between the audience [...]

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MYKKI AND MICHEAL

Monday, November 5, 2012

Here is Mykki Blanco, the alter-ego of Michael David Quattlebaum Jr. Harlem based cross-dresser, rapper is also the writer of a poetry book called From The Silence of Duchamp to the Noise of Boys. Mykki/Micheal who considers herself/himself as a Renaissance woman/man is worth following.

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