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As We Saw It – Part 6: Berlin 2 – Shifting Art Bits

Berlin is home to hundreds of galleries and art museums that boast unparalleled collections. For the ambitious artist, this city is overflowing with opportunities for installations and exhibitions that could help put their work on the map. In fact, it is often the case that artists first gained notoriety in Berlin before moving to other …

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Hung Up: On Invader’s Street Art From Space

TAG Gallery opens a Deborah Decker, Shelley Lazarus, & Joe Pinkelman group show; Jesse Mockrin & Vanessa Maltese enter Night Gallery; and burgeoning collectors can get an education at Corey Helford Gallery’s massive Art Collector Starter Kit V exhibition… In a city that never has a slow week of openings, here’s the Los Angeles art you …

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Revolution

If You Want to #Resist, Pay a Poet

If you want to resist, pay a poet. Poets don’t make much money. They do bookstore readings for free, and sell their poetry books for maybe $15. It seems like such a trivial, useless thing to write a poem, until you remember that some governments throw poets in jail. Because poets’ words incite people to …

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Syrian Walls: capturing ephemera in Damascus and Aleppo 

I’ve stored myriad glimpses of Syria in my memory, but the ones I chose to frame were found on ancient walls in Damascus and Aleppo. They are simple advertisements for plumbing services and tax notices. One is from Damascus’ Christian quarter, honoring a recent death. [alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so …

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Rustam Qbic

Russian Street Artist, Rustam Qbic, Finds a Playful Sense of the Absurd

Rustam Qbic specializes in street art that seems larger than life. His paintings are saturated with lush storybook colors and are defined by a playful sense of the absurd. Popping up in both expected and unexpected locales, his murals beautify not only the crumbling walls of derelict buildings but also that of apartment buildings. There’s …

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