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"The Swimming Cities of Serenissima is a fleet of three intricately hand crafted vessels that will navigate the Adriatic Sea from the Karst region of Slovenia to Venice, Italy in May of 2009. Designed by the visual artist SWOON, the floating sculptures are descendants of the Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea (Hudson River, 2008) and the Miss Rockaway Armada (Mississippi River, 2006 and 2007)."
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"As the Steelers and Cardinals battled on the field, Twitter users across the nation pecked out a steady stream of "tweets." The map shows the location and frequency of commonly used words in Super Bowl related messages."
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"This blog will track the process of the Facebook Portrait Project Matt Held began in late November 2008. It is intended to update the members of the group 'I'll have my Facebook portrait painted by Matt Held' as to where he is in the process of the project."
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"Someone is storing his Richard Serra sculptures along the East River in the Bronx. As massive, vertiginously curved steel plates are wont to do, they tend to stand out, and so they get noticed or discovered periodically."
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"Like real porn, the economic variety gives you the illusion of control, and similarly it only leaves you hungry for more."
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Just as U.S. opposed Latin American nationalizations, China and other investors would be none too happy if we did the same.
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"A baby 'corkscrews' in its father's arms; a newly married couple look 'self-cherished, like gladioli'; when gales of 60s social mayhem sweep through Harry's marital home, and the house has unwanted visitors and, in the dead of night, he must make love quietly to his new mistress, Updike notes that 'the rooms are quadrants of one rustling heart' - a sweetly pitched observation that finds expression in an iambic pentameter."
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"Dating A Banker Anonymous (DABA) is a safe place where women can come together – free from the scrutiny of feminists– and share their tearful tales of how the mortgage meltdown has affected their relationships. … So if your monthly Bergdorf’s allowance has been halved and bottle service has all but disappeared from your life, lighten your heart with laughter…"
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"a chronicle of bad conversions and storefronts past"
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Pinky Show cartoon on museums.
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"Fairey has partnered with Saks Fifth Avenue to create a Constructivist-inspired marketing campaign for the high-end retailer’s Spring season."
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"Jacir made the work by using her U.S. passport to gain entrance to Palestinian lands normally difficult or impossible to reach with a Palestinian passport. … But while museums regularly show work that addresses complicated topics, it's extremely unusual for a museum to install a wall-text directly excusing a work's geo- or socio-political roots."
