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Miranda Siegel

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    Sarah Silverman: No Longer the ‘Bitchy Friend’“You know … sometimes when you’re running from lasers, you just have to like pretend you’re running from lasers.”
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    Geoffrey Rush Gets Revenge on England“And this very old-school drama teacher went: ‘You common little colonial.’”
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    See MoMA’s Massive Matisse ShowThe artist himself named two of the works on view among his most “pivotal.”
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    See Martin Schoeller’s Feeling Portraits of Female BodybuildersShock gives way to admiration.
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    Two Decades of Eccentric Coney Island SunbathersBruce Gilden’s shots of amorous youngsters and wrinkled grannies.
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    See Alison Elizabeth Taylor Capture Bleak Decay in Wood ‘Paintings’A shotgun hole, a kicked-through wall … all in wood inlay.
  7. Water Definitely Not IncludedDuring “The Artist Is Present,” Marina Abramovic is chairbound for as long as nine and a half hours. A furious debate has ensued: ‘How does she pee?’
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    Blockbuster Auction Evidence of Art-Theater Synergy?Rothko painting, play do very, very well.
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    Julian Faulhaber’s Eerily Pristine PhotosFaulhaber achieves his unique effects through long exposures — ten to twenty seconds — and a clever use of artificial light.
  10. Going the Way of All FleshArt replaces meat at Gavin Brown.
  11. Skip the Oil Paint. Go Straight to the Boneyard.Emu feathers, wasp nests, freeze-dried sparrows, owl vomit: Such creepy-icky materials are the underpinnings of the work in the Museum of Arts a […]
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    Lee Bontecou’s Mesmerizing ArtBefore 2003, she had spent decades avoiding the art world in rural Pennsylvania.
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    Kim In Sook’s Spy-Like PhotosThe artist has meticulously staged creepy scenarios using actors and props.
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    Michel Gondry on The Thorn in the HeartThe visionary director turns the camera on his own family.
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    See Paintings by Otto DixHis witty, brilliant oil portraits are highly stylized, titillatingly grotesque, and endlessly fascinating.
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    See R. Crumb’s Book of GenesisThis somewhat lurid graphic novel was an instant sensation upon its debut.
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    Pieter Hugo’s Photos on Nigerian CinemaHugo sets up his own “film stills” based on common themes in Nigerian movies, resulting in sharp, strong images with narratives all their own.
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    Pieter Hugo’s Photos on Nigerian CinemaHugo sets up his own “film stills” based on common themes in Nigerian movies, resulting in sharp, strong images with narratives all their own.
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    See Emilio Perez’s Gorgeous, Nightmarish PaintingsMultiple sheets of painted latex and acrylic are layered over wood, then cut away to expose the various colors beneath.
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    Photographer Erwin Olaf’s ‘Hotel’ NudesNow at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler gallery.
  21. The 65-Year-Old VirginRobert Bergman’s photographs, finally revealed.
  22. Is This a Michelangelo?Or a persuasive nineteenth-century fake?
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    A Look at Art for Obama With Shepard FaireyGlenn Beck will not like this. But let’s take a look!
  24. Mark Your Calendar. All of It.Your day-by-day planner to three full months of premieres, debuts, and talked-about events in the most culturally overstuffed city in the world.
  25. The Annotated Artwork: ‘Maelstrom’How Roxy Paine’s steely foliage sprouted in the Met’s roof garden.
  26. What Does Goo Mean to You?We asked passersby for their interpretations of Marilyn Minter’s ‘Green Pink Caviar’—and then spoke with the artist herself.
  27. A Leaner, Meaner TribecaFewer films, more spunk.
  28. A Forest in the SubwayWhen commuters come through the South Ferry Terminal, they’ll find themselves surrounded by an arabesque of glass panels.
  29. The Annotated Artwork: ‘Pulse Park’How to make the beating heart of New York visible.