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  1. art candy
    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.
    By Miranda Siegel
  2. music
    See Lost Photos of the Beatles From Their Final Photo ShootIn one, John Lennon plays dead while his bandmates crouch over him.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  3. books
    Read the First Installment of Zahra’s Paradise, the Anonymous, Serialized Iranian Graphic NovelA cartoon about social and political life in modern-day Iran.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  4. art
    See the Gorgeous, Gruesome Lost Art of Inglourious BasterdsHoly moly.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  5. art
    Check Out Michele Rosenthal’s Awesome Breakfast Club Art PrintSo cool.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  7. art candy
    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.
    By Miranda Siegel
  8. art
    See Celebrity Tweets, Fancifully and Hilariously IllustratedBrilliant.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  9. books
    Cool Illustrations From Vintage Dinosaur BooksDino renderings have come a long way since the 1890s.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  10. art
    See What Happens When You Draw Lady Gaga’s Face Over George Washington’s on the $1 BillAmazing.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  11. art
    See, Buy Never-Before-Seen Photos of Marilyn MonroeShe’s wearing pointy glasses and drinking whiskey.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  12. art
    Amazing Illustrations of Traditional Japanese MonstersJapan has all the best monsters.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  13. art
    See the Most Expensive Piece of Art Ever Sold at Auction“What recession?†etc., etc.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  14. art candy
    Photographer Erwin Olaf’s ‘Hotel’ NudesNow at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler gallery.
    By Miranda Siegel
  15. art
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Drawn in the Style of Their Artist Namesakes… And beyond. Our favorite is the Monet.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  16. movies
    Tim Burton’s New Website: Putting Other Websites to Shame Since 2010A masterpiece of HTML.
  17. art
    See Another Picture of J.D. Salinger Besides That One PhotoIt’s a portrait painted in 1961.
  18. art
    See the Paintings Wagered in the Indy vs. New Orleans Art Museum Super Bowl Bet
    By Edith Zimmerman
  19. books
    Read the Ultimate Graphic Novel (in Six Frames)
  20. art
    Crazed Art Historians Formulate Hilarious Plot to Exhume Leonardo da Vinci’s CorpseNo, this isn’t a pitch for a new Dan Brown novel.
    By Mark Graham
  21. oops
    Lady Trips at the Met, Rips a PicassoUnless this woman was once pantsed on national TV, this was surely most embarrassing moment of her life.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  22. banksy
    Banksy Just Defacing Everything in Park CityCareful, Bansky, or Sundance won’t be invited back next year.
    By Lane Brown
  23. art world
    Deitch’s Last Show: Shepard Fairey PortraitsThis exhibition will be his first and last under Deitch’s mantle.
    By Erica Orden
  24. art world
    Why New York Will Miss Jeffrey DeitchWhat the Jeff Koons of art dealers gave the city.
    By Jerry Saltz
  25. art world
    How Deitch’s MOCA Gig Changes the Art WorldWho’s up, and who’s down.
    By Alexandra Peers
  26. party lines
    Smith and Sebring at the Objects of Life Opening“She really is invested in those people that she studies and stuff, and I found that to be so beautiful.â€
    By Bennett Marcus
  27. art world
    Jeffrey Deitch Named Museum Director of Los Angeles MOCAYou heard it here first.
    By Mark Graham
  28. art world
    LA MOCA Set to Name Jeffrey Deitch DirectorDeitch would be the first gallery owner to run an American museum.
    By Jerry Saltz
  29. franco
    James Franco Announces His New Gallery Show, Done General Hospital Style!Even after his ‘GH’ stint ends, Franco the artist will live on!
    By Erica Orden
  30. best of 2009
    The Best Art of 2009Batons were passed in a year of change for the art world. Jerry Saltz picks his top ten shows.
    By Jerry Saltz
  31. art candy
    See Photographer Lea Bertucci Turn the Indoors OutThe Brooklyn-based artist creates postcards from the underworld.
    By Emma Pearse
  32. obit
    Remembering Thomas Hoving, Visionary (and Wonderfully Vulgar) Met DirectorHoving was a madman, and of a specific type: the utterly fearless, patrician vulgarian.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  33. equal-arty
    Saltz on Art’s Triumph: Women Win Slim Majority in Next Whitney BiennialThis will prove once and for all that women artists are no better and no worse than their male counterparts.
    By Jerry Saltz
  34. vulture lists
    10 Worst Excesses of Art Basel 2009Revelers licking an ice sculpture that looked suspiciously like a giant phallus, and much more!
    By Alexandra Peers
  35. mj
    Michael Jackson Commissions Not-at-All Creepy Self-portraitThe setup for this portrait must’ve taken days.
    By Mark Graham
  36. artsy
    Art Basel: The Art World’s Back, Baby!Never has the scene been so competitive.
    By Alexandra Peers
  37. art candy
    Vulture Presents the Best of Performa 09Concluding yesterday was Performa 09, the third iteration of the biennial that sees 150 performance artists descend on New York. See our slideshow recap!
    By Emma Pearse
  38. party lines
    Burton, DeVito at MoMA Tim Burton Tribute“It’s even more surreal than a movie premiere,†the director says of his new Museum of Modern Art exhibition.
    By Bennett Marcus
  39. art
    Saltz on Defending the New MuseumAt a certain point, the hatred seems unrelated to the offense.
    By Jerry Saltz
  40. art candy
    See Angela Strassheim’s Eerie Crime-Scene ArtThe photographer learned her technique working at the Miami Forensic Imaging Bureau.
    By Emma Pearse
  41. art
    Saltz: Money, Insularity, and a Huge Controversy for the New MuseumI sorely want to defend the New Museum. Unfortunately, the institution may have outsmarted itself.
    By Jerry Saltz
  42. art candy
    Sneak Preview: MoMA’s Tim Burton RetrospectiveSee a sprawling show of films, photos, props, and puppets, as well as a selection of immaculate, beautiful, and sinister drawings the director has done throughout his life.
    By Emma Pearse
  43. art candy
    Let Us Show You ‘Who Shot Rock & Roll’The Brooklyn Museum’s photo exhibit showcases rock stars, of course, but it also highlights the photographers who captured them.
    By Emma Pearse
  44. artsy
    Urs Fischer Skips Own New Museum Opening; Interactive Sculpture DisappointsThe work, a motion-activated replica of a human tongue called ‘Noisette,’ is intended to result in a “mischievous slapstick routine.â€
    By Erica Orden
  45. party lines
    Lohan, Donatella, and Barton at the Whitney Gala“My kind of art has always been film, that’s my primary interest, and everything else is just a hobby.â€
    By Bennett Marcus
  46. art candy
    See Mariah Robertson’s Glamorous PhotogramsRobertson’s series feels like images from a film-noir set — or maybe plans for a new, gaudy, alluring Art Deco mansion in Miami.
    By Emma Pearse
  47. artsy
    Da Vinci Fingerprint Might Make Dude RichA chalk portrait bought for $19,000 two years ago might be worth $100 million if it’s by Da Vinci.
    By Lane Brown
  48. art candy
    Trip Through Khalif Kelly’s WonderlandLush oil paintings featuring robotlike adolescents, dapper rabbits, and sassy gnomes.
    By Emma Pearse
  49. artsy
    Saltz: Obama’s Startling White House ArtBoth right-wingers and art insiders were disappointed in the choices.
    By Jerry Saltz
  50. party lines
    No Tears or Lunch at Saved by the Bell Reunion“I wish we’d all been able to have lunch together that day or something,†says Elizabeth Berkeley.
    By Mike Vilensky
  51. artsy
    Video: Jerry Saltz’s Fall 2009 Gallery Tour“Money may have left the party, but the party is still going on.â€
    By Lane Brown
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