The Yes List – Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg Go to War Again
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Each week, The Daily Beast scours the cultural landscape to choose three top picks. This week, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg go to war again, the art of the Grateful Dead, and a new indie 'it' band.
The Twisted Mind of Marcel Dzama
Sasha Watson has written about books, art, and travel for ARTnews, the Los Angeles Times, and DoubleX. She is the author of the young adult novel Vidalia in Paris.
The artist's fantastical creatures and surreal soldiers come to life in a major new exhibit in Montreal. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
Can Art Be Funny?
Anthony Haden-Guest is the news editor of Charles Saatchi’s online magazine.
A witty new show celebrates Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, R. Crumb, and other artists who took on serious issues with a good laugh. VIEW OUR GALLERY
Todd Pavlisko Explores Self-Mutilation
Proof that beauty is pain? In a high-definition video, performance artist Todd Pavlisko slowly hammers a home-made nail through his foot. The installation was featured at the boutique event Volta N...
Marina AbramoviA‡ on Performance Art
From March through May 2010, the MoMA will run a retrospective spanning four decades, dedicated to the self-described "grandmother of performance art." It features sound pieces, video, photographs,...
Did Monet Invent Abstract Art?
Rachel Wolff is a New York-based writer and editor who has covered art for New York, ARTnews, and Manhattan.
An enlightening new exhibition in Madrid traces Claude Monet's influence on Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Gerhard Richter and other abstract masters. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
The Art of the Grateful Dead
Judith H. Dobrzynski, formerly a reporter and a senior editor at The New York Times and at BusinessWeek, as well as a senior executive at CNBC, is a writer based in New York. She blogs about the arts at www.artsjournal.com/realcleararts.
From psychedelic posters and classic photographs to painted guitars and T-shirts, a trippy new exhibit reveals the treasures of the soon-to-open Grateful Dead Archive. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
Best of the Armory Show
Paul Laster is the editor of Artkrush.com, a contributing editor at Flavorpill.com and Art Asia Pacific, and a contributing writer at Time Out New York and Art in America.
A huge weekend of international art exhibitions kicks off in New York with the 2010 Armory Show, where sales were strong at America's premier contemporary fair. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
MixografiaA® relief print on handmade paper in 26-parts 12 x 23 x 1 inches (paper size each part) ~ 75 x 259 inches (approximate overall size in...
Investigative journalist and syndicated columnist Diane Dimond has covered the Michael Jackson story since 1993 when she first broke the news that the King of Pop was under investigation for child molestation. She is author of the book, Be Careful Who You Love—Inside the Michael Jackson Case. She lives in New York with her husband, broadcast journalist Michael Schoen.
Charles Leerhsen is the author of Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, The Most Famous Horse in America.
Jeffrey E. Garten is the Juan Trippe professor of international trade and finance at the Yale School of Management, and served in economic and foreign policy positions in the Nixon, Ford, Carter and Clinton administrations.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. His new book, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris, will be published by HarperCollins in June. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
Investigative journalist and syndicated columnist Diane Dimond has covered the Michael Jackson story since 1993 when she first broke the news that the King of Pop was under investigation for child molestation. She is author of the book, Be Careful Who You Love—Inside the Michael Jackson Case. She lives in New York with her husband, broadcast journalist Michael Schoen.
