Hrag Vartanian http://hragvartanian.com art, culture, photography, writing, ideas Mon, 06 May 2013 05:29:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Philipp Otto Runge’s ” Sphere (Die Farbenkugel)” (1810). http://hragvartanian.com/2013/05/06/philipp-otto-runges-sphere-die-farbenkugel-1810/ http://hragvartanian.com/2013/05/06/philipp-otto-runges-sphere-die-farbenkugel-1810/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 04:26:16 +0000 hv http://hragvartanian.com/?p=5993 20130506-002412.jpg

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  • Ok, going out at @ArtPrize, not sure if I’ll have signal so I may have to talk to people face to face rather than on Twitter. #barbarians #
  • OMG it’s a giant iPhoneade of small iPhones. Thank you, @ArtPrize! @ JW Marriott Hotel http://t.co/YPwwOSzg #
  • Aaronel deRoy Gruber, “Citiplex” (c.1968–74) @ Grand Rapids Art Museum http://t.co/3c0EtQ7y #
  • Andreas Von Gehr (Santiago, Chile), “re-bio-Gehr” (2011) #ArtPrize @ Grand Rapids Art Museum http://t.co/il7t5UQh #
  • Ellsworth Kelly, “Blue White” (2006) @ Grand Rapids Art Museum http://t.co/VlVSSVxP #
  • Detail of Susan Clonthorne & Sally Thielen, “Search for the Key Letters Home” (201 @ Fountain Street Church http://t.co/SSrPz2Fi #
  • Detail of Gabriel Dawe’s “Plexus No. 18″ (nd) #artprize @ Old Federal Building http://t.co/NZrD6VQ7 #
  • Detail of Jeffrey Augustine Songco’s “Hosanna” (nd) #artprize @ Old Federal Building http://t.co/QfzQGeLP #
  • Ann Morton, “The Collective Cover Project” (2009–12) #artprize @ UICA (Urban Institute Of Contemporary Art) http://t.co/0PUamwMn #
  • Gudmundor Thoroddsen, “Oculi Quator, Four Eyes” (2011) #artprize http://t.co/QgeYYZ0m #
  • Loving the wooden ergile. Detail of Michael Rea, “Tsavo Maneaters Part 2″ (nd) #artprize http://t.co/R2sPFuE1 #
  • Detail of Design 99 installation @ SiTE:LAB @ 54 Jefferson | Artprize http://t.co/dU4Ly82h #
  • I’m ready to cry. // Palestine Conditions “More Brutal” Than in U.S. South of 50 Years Ago, Says Author Alice Walker http://t.co/YRD32V6B #
  • I am getting kitsch overload today at #artprize Justin La Doux, “On Th @ Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum http://t.co/MZF0GjDJ #
  • Dale Rogers, “Flight” (nd) #artprize @ Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum http://t.co/spHrvhia #
  • Fabric of the Universe (Grand Rapids, MI), “The Magic Carpet Temple Wo @ Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum http://t.co/3Mqr4F5I #
  • My first Jesus sighting! James Wisnewski, “Descent of the Spirit” (nd) @ Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum http://t.co/Bm0VwKU2 #
  • I have no explanation. Thomas F Muller, “Primary Emergence” (nd) #artp @ Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum http://t.co/M9LaznwT #
  • Yesterday I saw a lot of good stuff it today has been all strikes. #ArtPrize #myeyesarebleeding #
  • I don’t know why this Native American burial mound has a number but I hope it wins! #art @ Ah-Nab-Awen Park http://t.co/xc1Yd1Eo #
  • My first sighting of anti-#artprize #streetart On a path by the Public Mus @ Public Museum of Grand Rapids http://t.co/OWFubSjQ #
  • Sandy #notartaprize @ Public Museum of Grand Rapids http://t.co/CZW5UcDY #
  • I don’t know if this intended to be funny but I assume it is. Pretty hilarious. J @ Amway Grand Plaza Hotel http://t.co/N1Pa3XQW #
  • After two and a half month of awful allergies, they seem to be going away. #miraclesdohappen #
  • My weekly list of must-read/see links // Required Reading http://t.co/giUlQBA6 #
  • At Top 10 awards ceremony for #artprize @ Rosa Parks Circle http://t.co/usatlUFd #
  • Richard Morse, “Stick-to-it-ive-ness: Unwavering pertinacity; perseverance” …one of the Top 10 finalists. #a http://t.co/3w8LYPLT #
  • Detail of Adonna Khare’s “Elephants” (2012) which is one of the #artprize Top 10. @ Grand Rapids Art Museum http://t.co/UFtM4ftt #
  • At Critical Discourse panel at #ArtPrize …here’s the audience. http://t.co/Iy1YUk7c #
  • Spotted this tshirt in Grand Rapids. Not sure what to make of it. http://t.co/dnKx9nbt #
  • I liked the playfulness of these sculptures. Mallory Baran (Grand Rapids, MI), “Concretely the Remix” (nd) # http://t.co/H1rPGFOz #
  • This pic is for @starwarsmodern and only him #artprize @ The B.O.B. http://t.co/eCIDF2ws #
  • Joan Waters (Phoenix, AZ), “Ultimate Reality Show” (nd) #artprize @ Public Museum of Grand Rapids http://t.co/1mBNcaNW #
  • Jesus fanboys in Grand Rapids. @ Amway Grand Plaza Hotel http://t.co/lByLEHmd #
  • A take on critic’s panel I was on yesterday at @ArtPrize …I think she wanted us to be more cruel. http://t.co/Z3Oa1ss3 #
  • Delusional // RT @RosieGray: Paul Ryan on @SykesCharlie show: “We were actually winning the Medicare debate in the beginning.” #
  • Mr Peanut!! // RT @RobMaguire: @vanartgallery You had me at dancing peanut. #
  • Second anti-@ArtPrize #streetart stencil spotted. http://t.co/YAkkIDIe #
  • Shie Moreno, “Homage” (nd) #artprize @ Van Andel Arena http://t.co/VojHXwVy #
  • Zac, can you run for King of the Jews? #realityshowthatshouldexist // RT @Zacharycohen: Ugh Jews. Am I right? #
  • You know why @ArtPrize will NOT be an art world destination? It’s not the quality of the art, it’s the lack of cocaine. #antiarttheory #
  • I’m really glad that in the hometown of the Ford Presidential library there is a street artist going around http://t.co/XUOhnR6P #
  • I’ve gone to @Sitelab at @ArtPrize 3x this weekend. Whole thing is really good. Ran into Jerry Saltz and he was kvelling about it too. #
  • Alexander Calder’s “La Grande Vitesse” (1967–69) with @LauraIsaac intervention. #artprize @ Calder Plaza http://t.co/lxCys1D3 #
  • Undine Brod, “Walk With Us” (nd) @ Calder Plaza http://t.co/LwezR99z #
  • I have a real question. Is the majority of CNN’s audience people in US airports? Because its largely unwatchable for longer than 30 minutes. #
  • Can someone explain why the Scott Brown/Elizabeth Warren is soo fun to watch? #2012election #
  • A book like the Bible? //@dansaltzstein /@nytimestravel: Have you ever traveled somewhere because of a book, TV show or movie? #fantourism #
  • Awesome! //RT @Colossal: DIY mechanical flipbook kits? Where have you been all my life. http://t.co/IxneCJZz #
  • We’ve decided that Hyperallergic’s next hire will be editorial food taster, so that I don’t die from stray nuts at lunch. Almost happened… #
  • You’re right. We need an in-house baker // RT @justusbruns: @hragv get a baker! Carrot pies with icing all over!! #
  • It really is hard to capsulate #ArtPrize for those who haven’t been but I’m trying … I swear. #
  • Ok, I mean encapsulate. Damn DM’ers // @hragv: It really is hard to capsulate #ArtPrize for those who haven’t been but I’m trying … I swear. #
  • I think my brain stopped working. Where’s the manual!?!?!? #
  • Just found this old note from @cmonstah‘s Art Nurse, Miami, Dec. 2010 #Rank http://t.co/PNptcVnW #
  • Oh no, whatever you have is fatal! // RT @VB2023: Just told a friend that @lenadunham is the Shakespeare of our time. #
  • There are so many more options for people like me with no broadcast or cable tv to watch something like the presidential debates live. #
  • Ending War! Ending War! #DenverDebate #
  • What happened to Romney’s eyes? #DenverDebate #
  • Not a single candidate is answering the questions. #DenverDebate #
  • Coal issue is silly. Those states are already voting for Romney, no? #DenverDebate #
  • Good to know // RT @shanacarp: @hragv no, pennsylvania is in play, and is a big coal producer. virginia might be in play as well #
  • Obama is turning it on…finally, this was getting dull. #DenverDebate #
  • No control what so ever. He is not qualified to moderate this. // RT @AntDeRosa: Lehrer has lost control! #ReutersLive #
  • This boring debate means Obama wins. #DenverDebate #
  • A moral issue? #candidateplease #DenverDebate #
  • Great idea // @elbowtoe: I would love to do a series of portraits of all the “people” that both the candidates cite as examples. #Debate2012 #
  • With his performance Jim Lehrer is making the case why PBS has bigger problems than their federal budget. #DenverDebate #
  • Why are libertarians obsessed with telling us they’re not politically correct? #
  • I’m guessing tomorrow’s headlines either read, “Zzzzzzzzz” or “Romney to Fire Big Bird.” #
  • Soo sad // RT @felixsalmon: Lehrer has completely lost it. #
  • I think all three of these individuals on stage right now fell like extraterrestrials to me. #DenverDebate #
  • “Expensive things hurt families.” = Best Bizarre Quote by Romney Ever! #shouldbethetitleofabadnovel #DenverDebate #
  • Is Romney crying? #DenverDebate #
  • “that’s why Americans don’t want Medicar… I mean…” —Romney #DenverDebate #
  • Hmm… @Veken is telling me Obama is setting traps for Romney, that will result in fact checking headlines. #iwanttobelievehim #DenverDebate #
  • Agreed // RT @VB2023: I can’t stop thinking about whether these guys will be the last two candidates to have gold wedding bands. #oldschool #
  • I think Jim Lehrer is cutting off Obama more than Romney. #DenverDebate #
  • Is it over? Phew. #DenverDebates #
  • I watched the #DenverDebate on WSJ Live & then had to change to HuffPost Live cuz the shitty commentary started as soon as the debate ended. #
  • Most of the bloggers on HuffPost Live think this debate is a draw but Obama was more likeable. #
  • Did I learn anything tonight? No. #
  • Digging this Obama/Romney kissing gif. http://t.co/JTY5JgGM #
  • Five Art Projects That Change the Way We Browse the Web http://t.co/R9666VYY via @hyperallergic #
  • WOOHOO! // @DeliRadio_com: Congrats to our #sevendaysofstreaming contest #winners @chairness dee love & @hragv!! http://t.co/Y7yMwWhe #
  • Nothing like a GIF to cheer you up // 10 Hilarious GIFs and Memes from the Presidential Debate http://t.co/oy23jSoH #
  • Soo … who is coming to @Hyperallergic‘s Third Anniv party tomorrow night? #psyched #
  • Is this called war mongering? // Lyons: CNN censored Ahmadinejad, engaged in War Propaganda http://t.co/vtSIVmzC #
  • Puerto Rican Fighter Orlando Cruz Comes Out Of The Closet As The First Openly Gay Boxer http://t.co/SOtyBG6m #
  • Is there a checklist? /@AleksandrJohn: I #curate …paper clips in my desk drawer. No one has the right to diminish that! http://t.co/pwHh1Kls #
  • Don Pedro showing off the refurbished House Party. @ Pierogi Boiler Room http://t.co/GqLURQ22 #
  • Check of the awesome cake Kara Romano made for @Hyperallergic‘s 3rd Anniv party! @ Pierogi Boiler Room http://t.co/faKkf2gI #
  • If you’re going to tweet about tonight’s @hyperallergic 3rd Anniv party, use this hashtag! #Hyper3 #
  • Awesome, @thewigmusic did a great set tonight. Everyone raved about it. Amazing. #Hyper3 #
  • Post-party chill. #Hyper3 @hyperallergic @ Pierogi Boiler Room http://t.co/Et2hUEMT #
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  • It only took all summer but we finally decided on our balcony set. Classic Canadian modernism: Solair chairs http://t.co/yhmdjE5b #
  • Ugh, obviously there’s nothing more pressing to do // Hamas to ban porno sites in Gaza #Palestine http://t.co/OFXpOUXW via @Adnan_Z_Manjal #
  • The Worst Vandals Ever #streetart #williamsburg http://t.co/k7Ngjg5U #
  • Marriage is for … #graffiti http://t.co/hayjh3qn #
  • I spotted this juxtaposition in Toronto and broke out laughing. http://t.co/OOpLqq9w #
  • Nothing like a visit with Goya’s “Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga” (1784–92 @ European Paintings @ The Met http://t.co/LUAiAGIL #
  • What a wonderful way to look at paintings. After Xie Huan, “Elegant Gathering @ Metropolitan Museum of Art http://t.co/mJgGUThY #
  • That’s quite a painterly tshirt. On the L train. http://t.co/wHMSQV82 #
  • Dual birthday celebration with @jandrewARTS and Deborah Check http://t.co/fiFGy2Yx #
  • Today is the first day of the rest of my life. #WOOT #
  • A total must-read // It Is Broke, We Should Probably Fix It: The Nonprofit Model and the Arts – http://t.co/0WSBsJzj #
  • The most common first names of my Facebook friends. Y’all are a bunch of people with pretty common names. http://t.co/9C517Zj5 #
  • What the hell was that?!? #DNC2012 #
  • Starting to think these conventions are about looking at audiences & figuring out which crowd you’d be most comfortable hanging out in. #DNC #
  • Wow, ok, this is powerful stuff. A family’s personal medical story does a lot. #DNC2012 #
  • Gov Strickland’s Santa Claus line was awesome. “If Mitt was Santa Claus, he would fire the reindeer and outsource the elves.” #DNC2012 #
  • Was the Gulf War really the longest war in US history? Holy shit!! #
  • Fuck, yeah!!! // RT @gregorg: Having a hard time getting fired up by a non-swearing Rahm Emanuel. #dnc2012 #
  • Soo true // RT @ARTnewsmag: Show me the Monet: #dnc2012 backdrop looks like those Water Lilies #
  • Dear Obama, Please pass the Dream Act! #DNC2012 #
  • We’re there any Asians at the RNC? I don’t remember any. #
  • Loving the “Arab American Democrats” signs. #DNC2012 #
  • Ha! // RT @AlizaySteinberg: “Maybe 23 cents doesn’t sound like a lot to someone with Swiss bank accounts…” YES GIRL! PREACH! #
  • Were there any rainbow flags at the RNC? LOL #
  • Gov Patrick talked about arts education like it was a good thing. #WOOT #DNC2012 #
  • I like the “Forward, not back” slogan. Effective. #DNC2012 #
  • I can feel the electric energy at the #DNC2012 through the live cast. #
  • Great! // @alexisohanian: The Democratic Party Platform Promotes Internet Freedom; #Internet2012 Campaign Looks Bright http://t.co/H8asixbf #
  • I think @JulianCastro is going far. #DNC2012 #
  • Pass Dream Act!!! // RT @petitemaoiste: #JulianCastro brings it calling for enactment of the DREAM act #RNC2012 #
  • He’s great! // RT @MagicMarcSF: Wow! Julian Castro is delivering the inspiration!!! Like to see a new charge in this party #dnc2012 #
  • Yes!! // RT @jenbee: “The American dream is not a marathon or a sprint, it’s a relay.” This guy is seriously knocking it out of the park. #
  • Word! // RT @soumiyalakshmi: @CoryBooker, @devalpatrick, and now @JulianCastro. Damn. Feeling good about Democrats + our future. #dnc2012 #
  • Where the hell is @felixsalmon …I miss his tweets! #
  • OMG, I so needed help with strategy and my middle school friendships!! #DNC2012 #
  • Obama & his daughters watching Michelle // RT @jenbee: That’s right Barack, you should be proud that she’s your lady: http://t.co/s6AEmAuk #
  • OMG this god person is making me want to vote Green. #DNC2012 #
  • Yes! /@Ms_Kianga: Painting by Susan Rothenberg? /@thinkprogress: Barack, Malia & Sasha Obama watching Michelle on TV http://t.co/s6AEmAuk #
  • LOL //@mariuswatz: There’s a Google Street View inside the White House. It looks like a really expensive Holiday Inn http://t.co/49gUj7Eq #
  • Wonder Woman’s invisible jet! // RT @jomc: Dream about glass aircraft you can see out from all sides. No stuffings obstructing view. #
  • Good sign hack #streetart #williamsburg http://t.co/Ydfoqopk #
  • Where can I watch the DNC on the LES? #
  • The @FrickCollection has some of the most stunning art rooms in New York. It’s hard not to fall in love with Vermeer and Rembrandt there. #
  • French tourists just asked me where the @MetMuseum is. They were standing at the corner of 79th and Fifth. #
  • Renaissance water sports. Lorenzo Lotto, “Venus and Cupid” (nd) @ European Paintings @ The Met http://t.co/2CSron0e #
  • Hey miss, can you stop using your smartphone in the galleries please? Erastus Dow Palmer’s “Indian Girl” (18 http://t.co/FIV4YZNr #
  • Detail of a Peruvian colonial painting (c.1765–70) attributed to Cristóbal Lozano. @MetMuseum http://t.co/KPMBxOoC #
  • Holy shit! Cats with cash stained glass at the Ca$h Cats @tumblr art show. LOL @ The Dumbo Loft http://t.co/1a1ndYKf #
  • Everyone check out @nicrad‘s Ayn Rand-reading kitty at C$C$ @tumblr http://t.co/4ZOGXH5d #
  • Scared looking kitty in a late 18th C Qajar painting in the Doris Duke Foundation collection currently on di http://t.co/CPByuljC #
  • Everyone deserves a trial, even Osama bin Laden deserved one even though we knew he was guilty. #DNC2012 #
  • Yes! // RT @petitemaoiste: @hragv war criminal tried in an international court like Nuremberg- that’s what democracies do, yes #
  • Dreamers! Give them a path to legality! #DNC012 #
  • The #DNC201 and #RNC2012 are night and day. I can’t believe they’re even for the same country. #
  • Thumbs up! // RT @LauraElkins: Biden quotes Clinton including his index finger #DNC2012 #JoeBiden #BillClinton #
  • How about the dead and wounded Iraqis and Afghanis? It would’ve been classier to acknowledge America is NOT an island. #DNC012 #
  • Clichés are the only bipartisan thing left. #DNC2012 //@harikunzru: The hinge of history? The cause of change? I can’t keep up. #
  • I get it. They chose Dick Durbin to make Obama look even more interesting by contrast. #DNC2012 #
  • Obama, make me fall in love with you again. #DNC2012 #nopressure #
  • Good tax cut line. Snip snip. #DNC2012 #
  • I think he just said that line to me. We made eye contact through the Internet. I felt it. #DNC2012 #
  • What, no kissing?! // RT @soumiyalakshmi: @hragv you totally had #cyber w #POTUS #
  • They’re not a relevant demographic, obviously. // RT @petitemaoiste: What about Palestine??? #
  • The #DNC2012 app just went into meltdown. USA! USA! USA! #
  • Or atheists,… //@soumiyalakshmi: I’m sitting here w Israeli friend who said the same thing re: Palestine? (right after “what abt Hindus?) #
  • Take it to your book club, commie // RT @starwarsmodern: C Bomb! #
  • Correction: Gays are the source of everything. Good and bad. #noproofjustis #
  • Touché // RT @gjurasicpark: @hragv now he is telling me that is all about me. i did it! me! #
  • My crown is at the pawn shop. // RT @soumiyalakshmi: @hragv also, you’re all related to royalty. #justis #
  • Does Obama have hecklers? #DNC012 #
  • Obama is bringing it now. He takes a while to warm up, but he does. You can tell he’s feeding off the crowd. #DNC2012 #
  • WORD!!! // RT @black_von: I wish Obama would have stood in front of blazing rainbows instead of patriotic stars. #
  • Klaus, you’re at the DNC? Is Obama getting a retrospective? // RT @klausbiesenbach: http://t.co/8RiX270R #
  • Wowza //RT @KellyCrowWSJ: Los Angeles Contemporary Art Museum Postpones Gala Amid Turmoil – Bloomberg via @BloombergNow http://t.co/SbmZVmvi #
  • This is so backward // Judge grants bail to young Christian girl accused of blasphemy in Pakistan http://t.co/h3V4AbNJ #
  • Politico is unreadable and their commenters are worse. #
  • Oh boy, Kanye wrote about Kim K back in 2009? cc @BKLYN_Brummie http://t.co/q3zZa9vD #
  • Brooklyn just became the second most expensive place to live in the US. Second only to Manhattan, SF is third. http://t.co/m8ygz8Sc #
  • We’re psych’d! /@alexhalperin: Congrats to @hragv @jilnotjill &… @hyperallergic ‘s expanded…team. We expect big things! http://t.co/NMII3KiW #
  • Portrait of Johann Joachim Winckelmann by Anton Raphael Mengs (nd) at the @MetMuseum http://t.co/TsZlHbxa #
  • Francesco Caîro’s “Allegory of Painting” (nd) at @MetMuseum http://t.co/VwJvHstu #
  • Thomas Micchelli reading at his solo show @ Centotto http://t.co/SSvDQTGV #
  • Tom Micchelli and @jilnotjill chatting about art or something @ Centotto http://t.co/eEKYkOlF #
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  • Great title // @AntDeRosa // @ReutersPolitics: Death metal, the sound of Tampa, won’t be heard at Republican convention http://t.co/mLGQoCc3 #
  • Two faces on N4th Street #williamsburg #tripel http://t.co/aXmJn95l #
  • A key? #williamsburg #streetart ? http://t.co/m7sLql4x #
  • #streetart in Bedford Ave station? That’s rare. #williamsburg http://t.co/aF91FglE #
  • Every time I set foot in the East Village I feel like time has stood still…like the 1980s never left. #
  • OMG, you’re pokeable! #streetart #Williamsburg http://t.co/fGhzmt0e #
  • Can someone explain the image on this pizza box? #wtf http://t.co/zBdQQsOb #
  • Barbie bondage? http://t.co/RLdbTQMp #
  • Unlike Americans, only 2% of Canadians say climate change isn’t real. http://t.co/Epj6iGgI #
  • This is pretty cool. A medieval fortress is discovered at the heart of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. http://t.co/zzVRTt6j #
  • Live With Animals #streetart #williamsburg @ Live With Animals http://t.co/RORAL2cA #
  • Why is there an ATM in the bathroom? @ Miss Favela http://t.co/S1rouSMN #
  • Patterns galore @ Miss Favela http://t.co/q2NmJK3i #
  • Is street style losing its cutting edge appeal? http://t.co/5fDf3dTX #
  • UGH… awful // Israeli court rejects US activist’s family lawsuit http://t.co/m0UwcZOq #
  • People at @LaphamsQuart should be embarrassed that they are asking for a full-time UNPAID intern. http://t.co/YxOhRvQl #donotapply #
  • Watching the GOP convention from Toronto is depressing. I’m going back to a place where these people are treated as an ok option? #ugh #
  • I miss French Canadian. It’s a beautiful language and I pity those who disparage it. I’ve decided to watch RNC in French. More entertaining. #
  • Blonde Republican Latinas are God’s salsa at a GOP BBQ. #TwittermademeturnontheRNCagain #
  • OMG please let Ann Romney’s speech segue into an equestrian routine. #thingsthatwouldprovetomethereisaGod #
  • Do you think Brooks Brothers has a booth at the RNC? #honestquestion #
  • Don’t forget he was a politician too / @owillis: mitt + ann just had a hardscrabble life, what with his millionaire father and all. come on. #
  • Did she just slip and say sex? #RNC #
  • Sounds minimalist… They Built It! LOL // @yasi_k: @hragv @owillis but an ironing board was their dining room table and kitchen table in one? #
  • Wait, aren’t politicians supposed to be popular? I mean, isn’t that how democracy should work? We’re still a democracy, right? #
  • I think Gov. Christie made a calculation that Romney won’t win and he’s looking past the 2012 election. #RNC #
  • WNED/PBS in Buffalo just cut off the end of Christie’s speech. Was that an editorial judgment? #RNC #
  • I should’ve stuck with the French highlights. In English, RNC was kind of dull. They need better broadcast design. #
  • Sen. @robportman is proving why he wasn’t selected as Romney’s running mate. #Zzzzzzz #GOP2012 #
  • Dear Pawlenty, I’d love the govt off my back, like less of my tax dollars going to the military. #GOP2012 #RNC2012 #
  • I feel like I’m being lectured to by the #RNC2012 #
  • Oh look! Bush II’s shitty secretary of state on stage!! How did those wars go, Condi?! #RNC2012 #
  • Wait, can someone remind me why people like Condi Rice? She is borg. #RNC2012 #
  • Did Condi just contradict the GOP? She says zip code determines future in America? Sounds like class war rhetoric to me. #RNC2012 #
  • That disturbed me too #RNC2012 // @Carrera13: My parents put me in a dangerous situation and gave me a gun to protect myself . Really? #
  • Are the only Latinas in the GOP blonde? Two nights, two blonde Latina speakers. #
  • Hey Paul Ryan, your youngest boy looks like he wants to be an actor …OMG do you think he could be gay?! #justsayin ?? #
  • Paul Ryan… he makes straight middle aged white men cry. #RNC2012 #
  • I’m guessing #RNC2012 speakers are telegraphing messages to people who only watch FOX cuz some of the talking points don’t make sense to me. #
  • Ryan just criticized Romney’s taste in music? Then how can his taste in running mate be trusted?!?!? #hyperboleisfun #
  • My playlist consists of a string of podcasts. I never commit to songs. Then again I’m gay, what do I know about marriage or commitment? #RNC #
  • I want one…can @obeygiant get on it?! // RT @sts10: Obama staffers hopefully debating whether to start selling a faded poster #hipsters #
  • Today was a good day. Positive movement in helping out my dad. Navigating the Canadian health care system is surprisingly easy. #
  • Disgusting // RT @nydailynews: New York friar blames youngsters who ‘seduce’ priests, coaches http://t.co/sfNAAY1o #
  • Aggregation mills are data sweat shops #yuck // @chaykak: Blouin News will publish “1000″ aggregated news stories/day: http://t.co/WtEExv82 #
  • Ok, this religious stuff on the #RNC2012 is just bizarre. #
  • Or poets // RT @fimoculous: They should let rappers name hurricanes from now on. #
  • Does anyone even remember the Salt Lake City Olympics? #RNC2012 #
  • What state does that swing? #LOL // RT @godVeveryone: @hragv Mitt just nailed down the Mexican American Speed Skating vote #RNC2012 #
  • Why would you want to elect a cheap president? #RNC2012 #
  • Wait, 23 million unemployed people is a national disgrace but 50.7 million uninsured Americans isn’t? Shut up, Clint! #RNC2012 #
  • My dad had a stroke two months ago and something tells me Clint Eastwood did too. #RNC2012 #
  • Marco Rubio says family is the foundation of our society and what he didn’t say was…shut up you queers, you don’t count! #RNC2012 #
  • My favorite are the blonde GOP latinas // RT @prplst: Let’s cut to another blonde wearing pearls, applauding. #RNC2012 #misogyny #
  • I’m actually tearing at watching the #RNC2012 …since it is becoming clear that Romney had a looooong way to go to win this election. #
  • Awkward entrance for Mittens. #RNC2012 #
  • Code for the unborn will soon vote // RT @felixsalmon: what on earth is a “kinship with the future”? #
  • If Americans watched a crowd screaming “Iran, Iran, Iran!!” the way GOPers are doing it at #RNC2012 they’d be horrified. #
  • Honor the institution of marriage? #RNC2012 #
  • It’s all buzz words //@starwarsmodern: Srsly. I’ve lost the thread. What the hell is going on? Are we going to bomb Russia? And if so, why? #
  • FTW // RT @HeartAsArena: Clint Eastwood crystallizes the #rnc message: Make the black man invisible. #
  • Can’t wait for the DNC. Politician conventions on Twitter are fun! #
  • I’m fascinated by my D’Addario taste in art. He told me he bought this painting for $80. http://t.co/lvR6ICl2 #
  • The detail of another one of my dad’s kitschy art purchases from his local flea market. http://t.co/01wDQlBa #
  • OMG // @aida_alice // RT @TheoMcLauchlin: 2. #Quebec has a “Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve.” http://t.co/ykTuLZGk #
  • OMG // @aida_alice // RT @TheoMcLauchlin: 1. There was a heist of $30 million worth of maple syrup in #quebec http://t.co/biSVcihw #
  • Pretty nice #streetart piece // 4rilla’s photo http://t.co/J6OtwRTd #
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  • I’m watching a TV interview with Paul Ryan talking about foreign policy and he’s lying and sounds crazy. #
  • Just a reminder people that no one votes for the VP. #2012election #
  • Yes, he did #gaffeprone // RT @RosieGray: did Romney just say “the next president of the united states, Paul Ryan”? hilarious #
  • Presenting a VP candidate from Wisconsin in front of the USS Wisconsin … I vote GOP as the kitschiest party. #
  • Paul Ryan’s speech is already boring. #thatwasquick #
  • Some rogue taxidermy by Minneapolis-based artist Serena Brewer, Untitled (2012) @ Parlor Gallery http://t.co/8o3Dv66K #
  • Classic Asbury Park @ Asbury Park Convention Hall http://t.co/u1mEmv1v #
  • An @obeygiant mural on Ocean Avenue @ North Beach Asbury Park http://t.co/MAXq7NqU #
  • I just ordered something called a “rom bucket,” this might not end well. @ Aqua Restaurant & Bar http://t.co/lyCEx3Xf #
  • Look it’s @rgoshgarian!!! Hot!!!!!!! @ Aqua Restaurant & Bar http://t.co/k4ZPZ1ju #
  • Name That Bar #asburypark http://t.co/u9nC5YNq #
  • I think I want to start a trend, “parent cosplay” … and no, I don’t want to explain that one. #
  • What a day …to watch that trashy Bravo show or not? #
  • Do you know how many people have told me Eli Klein is nasty? I don’t know him but I thought I’d share. #GalleryGirls #
  • OMG I’m already bored. #GalleryGirls #
  • Ok, I’m going to get a drink. Alcohol has got to help this. #GalleryGirls #
  • So, can someone explain why there are no men in the show? #GalleryGirls #
  • Why not? // RT @katymastandrea: Watching #gallerygirls reminds me of a real wold/the hills. Don’t hate it. #
  • Ha! // RT @MarGretaAnne: fuck these bitches #gallerygirls #bravo #
  • OMG, you win // RT @drawclose: @hragv they have to cast boys, since the vag is all underage? #
  • Wait, what happened to it originally? // @KellyCrowWSJ: …intern…touting her dad’s collex being worth millions is reviving my gag reflex #
  • ? // @Irethsurion: Watching #GalleryGirls ??women were all immediatly mean to each other. I thought I would learn more about the NYC art scene #
  • Joe’s Shanghai sucks nowadays. Tourist trap. #GalleryGirls #
  • FTW /@VAJIAJIA: In conclusion, the art world is all about stupid blonde girls, stupid Brooklyn girls, and eating Chinese food. #GalleryGirls #
  • Doesn’t it seem like the set up for #GalleryGirls is thinner than most Bravo reality shows. I feel like we’re already on episode 4. #
  • If only it was drunker // RT @hereisafantasy: Gallery Girls is just a drunk “Mean Girls.” #gallerygirlssip #
  • Snookie would be a step up // RT @veken: @hragv I miss Snooki. She could maybe make this show watchable. #GalleryGirls #
  • Wait, I just realized that #GalleryGirls and Girls may be related in an (almost) alternate reality. Except one has really good writing. #
  • Wait, is this a gallery or clothes shop? #GalleryGirls #
  • Class? I assume you mean like high school // RT @taralconley: Is this like a class war thingy between white people in NYC? #GalleryGirls #
  • I don’t think I can make another episode. #GalleryGirls #
  • I almost miss Work of Art. #GalleryGirls #
  • ! //@KaleenaRivera: @hragv Saw…1st 10 mins, then…had to choose between…remote control &…shaking razor I held next to my wrist. #GalleryGirls #
  • French youths fire on police in overnight clashes http://t.co/Rv9qVcyU #
  • You know when they say, today is the first day of the rest of your life? Today it is particularly true for me. #
  • Your Election is being Bought by 47 Billionaires (and they are Buying War, Climate Change) http://t.co/sXo72frj #
  • Just when you thought you’d heard it all before … // Nigerian wives ‘rape husband to death’ http://t.co/IXkhbf07 #
  • Horshack from “Welcome Back Kotter” is dead. #sad http://t.co/R2S3FvwG #
  • Btw, can we all agree that Terence Koh is a meh artist (maybe interior designer?) at best? Btw, did you know he still owes me $20 from 1999? #
  • This took me forever to compile //RT @hyperallergic: Who to Follow on Instagram: Art Edition – http://t.co/YwTAw27p #
  • $1 million // RT @BitxhLove: @hragv Are you a critic for hire? Critique by commission? I need a write up on my paintings. Thanks in advance. #
  • Sorry, can’t. I got a husband to support and he smokes trees. // RT @BitxhLove: @hragv damn bro. I only got $80k in the budget. #
  • OMG, I should’ve mentioned this may be my favorite Instagram pics of at least the last month: http://t.co/wBvzE5nO #
  • Ouch! // RT @mollycrabapple: Remember when storming another country’s embassy to kidnap people was the sort of thing Iran did- not Britain? #
  • Followed! // @RudyHuxtable: @hragv You know who you’re not following on Instagram? Me! ( @bespangled) Unsurprisingly amazing list though! #
  • Why are LA people so insecure about their art scene? Get over it. #
  • It was a form of sabotage // @TwoCoats: I blame @hragv for the time I’ve just spent figuring out how to get back into my old Instagram acct. #
  • A sleek video of Dubai #tourismporn http://t.co/sVSvY7Oi #
  • And we’re supposed to believe him without proof?! // RT @mckaycoppins: Mitt Romney says he has never paid less than 13 percent in taxes. #
  • To be fair I think he wants to tax us atleast 30% // @starwarsmodern: @hragv besides his desperate desire to be president, why would he lie? #
  • I love that the @oatmeal is using its power for good. Build a Tesla Museum! http://t.co/oL4UyxWZ #
  • If you haven’t read @choire‘s The Pretty New Web & the Future of “Native” Advertising post, you should…like right now http://t.co/eVGXJDD8 #
  • I’m compiling a list of street artists that are talentless hacks … oh, where to end the list. #
  • Means “They shall not pass” / @RobertMackey: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of #PussyRiot wearing “No Pasaran!” tshirt in court http://t.co/x98Nn70S #
  • Soo brilliant! “No Pasaran!” is a Spanish anti-fascist slogan used during the battle against Franco in Spain. #
  • I bet #PussyRiot and @aiww have a lot to discuss. #standinguptoautocraticregimes #
  • Get him to say Dick Cheney too FTW //@artfagcity // @jesseberney: OK reporters: your task for…day is to get Mitt Romney to say “Pussy Riot.” #
  • WHAT?! // RT @felixsalmon: <sadface> RT @grynbaum: Bike share in New York City delayed until next spring, @MikeBloomberg says today #
  • Are you bragging or is this a cry for help? //@NoGoPhoto: I just reached Level 2 of “Mall Rat” badge on 4squqre. I’ve checked in at 5…malls! #
  • OMG // RT @zackbeauchamp: A terrible, terrible day in Israel – see this (http://t.co/nKGxyZZO) and this (http://t.co/70Lokfni) #
  • Well, @veken and I walked out of our apt and realized we were both having a retro music moment. http://t.co/V718CkTu #
  • Nice line #graffiti #williamsburg http://t.co/JWmGHDZ4 #
  • I gathered some choice tweets // The Best & Worst Tweets About Today’s Pussy Riot Verdict – http://t.co/eEbjkZ9A #FreePussyRiot #
  • I guess @Hyperallergic isn’t blocked in Saudi Arabia or Iceland. http://t.co/skaTx4Ze #
  • My martini. #bluecheeseolives http://t.co/GQcrsZdg #
  • This was my favorite thing I made today. #FreePussyRiot http://t.co/SRGvCbHr #
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