At Monday’s press conference, Jean and Yéle president Hugh Locke reporters that Jean founded the charity with his own money, a fact contradicted by internal Yéle documents acquired by Gawker that also suggest that a tumultuous history …

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Here at Arts Desk, though, our questions are more aesthetic: Is the bubble a playful addition or a bulbous eyesore? Is it compelling art in and of itself, or a gaudy spectacle? We’re not sure, so we asked our art critics. …

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The Hirshhorn Bubble: Audacious, but Is It Art? Our Critics Weigh …

Because if it’s temporary, it doesn’t need to be approved by the Fine Arts Commission and the National Capital Planning Commission. Is it just to look at—or can I get all up in there? Oh yes you can, according to the Times story: “Most …

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They’ll be eating meat that I’ve been branded, and they’ll be placed in a situation where they’ll probably confront art outside of the context of art on the walls. They’ll also develop a relationship between what I’m making and what …

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Pooneh Maghazehe: Try the Art, It's Delicious – Arts Desk …

Functional Art. Posted by Tigerflight on Sep. 28, 2009, at 5:38 am. For years I would see these amazing vintage blenders in this great antique shop in Takoma Park (before it was flooded and they moved to a new location) only they …

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Functional Art – City Paper – Crafty Bastards Blog – Washington …

Just because G Fine Art, the anchor gallery of the 1515 arts building on 14th Street, will be shutting its doors at the end of its current show, it doesn’t mean that its influential director, Annie Gawlak, will disappear forever. …

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Farewell, G Fine Art – City Desk – Washington City Paper

So earlier today I reported on the Cafritz Foundation’s huge new Art Place@ Ft. Totten development. The proposal includes, among many other things, a Children’s Museum, 929 residential units, and a nearly 60000 square foot grocery. …

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The Cafritz Foundation's Art Place@Fort Totten: The Neighbors Are …

I asked Julian Hunt, a former professor of architecture at Catholic, to show me around a few. He was worried, though, that such an approach would contribute to what he called, in an e-mail to me, “the generalized ignorance or …

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A Critical Tour of D.C. Architecture – Housing Complex …

Check out this work by Puerto Rican artist Papo Colo that’s currently on display at this Mexico City art museum. It made me think of local artist Jefferson Pinder and his film “Mule” that was part of the memorable Hip hop art exhibition …

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Video Art by the Pool Tonight at the Capitol Skyline – City Desk …