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Bibbe Hansen, daughter of artist Al Hansen, and a unique journey from her Fluxus foundations through the Warhol Factory to art in Second Life

Just as its majestic architecture and entrance—adorned with floor fountains and an airport-like glass pavilion that swallows natural light—never fail to impress, the Brooklyn Museum always has an eclectic and stimulating mix of installations and exhibitions on show.

McGehean’s Pop couture is crafted not from materials indiscernible to the average person but from the vibrant commercial images that swirl around us endlessly.

The most powerful design feature of Formichetti’s store is the fragmented mirrored space. It creates a kind of dazzling disco dungeon that seems to be on the verge of collapse were it not for the aesthetic energy within.

Ibarra’s photographs try to “capture the real and create the surreal.” Her artistic process tolerates aberrations because, she says, “Even mistakes can be beautiful.”

Co-curators Victoria Yee Howe and Sierra Stinson discuss their 48-hour pop up gallery and shop on wheels hitting the streets of New York City this weekend.

Looking back on December 2010. artist Yumiko Furukawa returns with “Art Review Drawings 002” on press releases. Summer 2011 reviews coming soon,

What is Madonna’s “Material Girl” but an adaptive re-performance of Marilyn Monroe’s “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”?

As the MAD panel participants discussed, the fragmentation of the nightlife scene into distinct spheres has not prevented the weekly parties from enduring as spaces where uninhibited expressions of marginal identities may still be celebrated.

One of the key 1980s New York artists, Jean-Michel Basquiat did not make it to the publication in the last minute due to a dispute with the Basquiat Estate.