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Roving Eye: Art is Everywhere and Nowhere

The New Museum's "Museum as Hub" space, on its fifth floor, currently hosts a massive, vibrant overflow from "Ostalgia," the current exhibition of Eastern European art. One finds, in particular, an…

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  Nato Thompson
• Aug 3, 2011 11:01 am

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Roving Eye: Pennsylvania Workstyles

Last Sunday, I attended an event coordinated by my wife and her collaborators who go by the name Philly Stake at Bartram's Gardens, referring in part to America's oldest botanical garden. Philly Sta…

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  Nato Thompson
• Jul 25, 2011 1:18 pm

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Roving Eye: All the Worlds a Stage

Consider this quality day trip. Head over to MoMA and let the combination of the Harun Farocki and Francis Alÿs shows bowl you over. These are artists who, using completely different approaches, tou…

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  Nato Thompson
• Jul 15, 2011 2:43 pm

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Roving Eye: Austerities

I just returned from my honeymoon in Barcelona to the sticky streets of my hometown, Philadelphia. My wife and I skipped the madcap opening of the Venice Biennale, instead looking for peace in the p…

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  Nato Thompson
• Jul 12, 2011 2:44 pm