Hrag Vartanian

Overheard in NY - Mass Suffering Is the New Black
Victims of genocide really need better marketing…
(tags: nyc shopping)

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This week, two street art works on 22nd Street & the West Side Highway (one by Swoon, the other by Gaia) have been defaced (literally) in what looks like a Taliban version of the infamous Splasher.
There is also a graffiti tag that seems to be commenting on the wolves circling around the figure in Gaia’s [...]

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Museum of American Funeral Customs
I couldn’t make this one up…”From the cross-country funeral procession for Abraham Lincoln to the national outpouring of grief for Elvis Presley, America has a rich history of mourning the dead.” {thanks MH}
(tags: usa)

Boy in Bushwick/Village Voice - Buck Angel, a man with a pussy: LGB without the T
One of Bushwick’s [...]

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BushwickBK - Bushwick Moderne
Contemporary architecture starts popping up in Bushwick…
(tags: brooklyn nyc architecture bushwick)

Time - Dropping the Other Calf
All those getting tired of Damien Hirst and his the art world “critique” raise your hands…
(tags: art)

Tomorrow Museum - Asmara: Africa’s Secret Modernist City
Asmara is a fascinating architectural relic…too bad the fascist Italians (as opposed to the [...]

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Godless Liberal Homo - Some Alternatives to Associated Press (AP)
Everyone is looking for ways to screw AP (incl. me) and GLH has some news sources to consider quoting instead of AP.
(tags: internet)

ScribeMedia - Swoon Brings Juarez to Chelsea
A video of Swoon discussing her installation up in Chelsea…which you need to check out…though I’m getting tired [...]

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