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The Armory Show’s Benefit Edition by Theaster Gates Sold Out Instantly
Looking to get your hands on one of the “Civil Rights Throw Rugs” multiples (pictured) that Armory Show’s official artist Theaster Gates produced for the fair? Too late! The whole series sold out...
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How To Make an Art Rule Book: Be Flippant, Post-Racist, and From New York
If you’re reading this blog, you might be wondering, “how can I make it in the art world?” According to New York magazine, it doesn’t hurt to be “young, post-black, and from Chicago.” This helpful tip...
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Expo Chicago Kicks Off With Hot Dogs, Rahm Emanuel, and Tentative Sales
Civic pride is not a feeling one normally associates with art fairs, but it informed almost every element of the inaugural Expo Chicago’s vernissage last night at Navy Pier. From the Chicago...
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ARTINFO UK’s Guide to Frieze Week: Wednesday, October 10
Today Frieze London opens for VIPs and professionals. If you have to wait with the mere-mortal crowd to get into the big tent, why not head South of the river, towards the South London Gallery. For...
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Theaster Gates Played a Two-Hour Set at a London Jazz Club Last Night
You don’t get to hear much gospel music in London, but American artist and musician Theaster Gates changed that late Wednesday night when, in the presence of English art world royalty assembled for...
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Theaster Gates, Coco Fusco, and More Win $50k United States Artists...
Among the 50 new United States Artists fellows for 2012 there are eight visual artists — Luis Camnitzer, Coco Fusco, Theaster Gates (pictured), David Hartt, Edgar Heap of Birds, Alison Saar, and Kerry...
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Theaster Gates, Duke Riley, Suzanne Lacy, and More Receive Creative Time...
Today New York-based non-profit Creative Time announced the artist recipients of its Global Residency program for 2012-13, which will send the artists Theaster Gates, Andrea Geyer, Suzanne Lacy, Naeem...
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Instagrams of the Art World: Philippe Vergne Meets Jeffrey Deitch, and More
One day after news broke that Dia Art Foundation director Philippe Vergne was slated to be L.A. MOCA’s new director, this image was snapped of Vergne seen here with outgoing MOCA director Jeffrey...
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SCAD Announces deFINE ART Programming
The Savannah College of Art and Design has announced the full lineup of programming for their upcoming deFINE ART week. From February 18 through the 21, SCAD will host a series of lectures,...
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Theaster Gates-Commissioned Mural Whitewashed in Chicago
Just one month after it was created, a mural commissioned by Theaster Gates has been whitewashed by the city of Chicago, according to a Chicago Magazine story that Artforum drew our attention to....
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Theaster Gates Shares Artes Mundi Cash Winnings
Winner of the £40,000 Artes Mundi award, artist Theaster Gates, says he will split the cash prize with the nine other nominees, according to the BBC. Those shortlisted artists for the largest arts...
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Culture Lab Detroit Announces 2016 Program
Adam Pendleton Culture Lab Detroit has announced its 2016 program. Founded in 2013 by Jane Schulak, the organization brings Detroit into conversation with the international art, architecture, and...
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