Trading Pictures

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what are two pictures worth? Two thousand? Ten thousand? OV contributor Mark Cichra looks at two drawings and finds the overlap- and clashing.

Meet the Ferals

In Kim Carlson’s backyard, a society of cats flourishes. Rather than allow this colony to fully overtake them, Kim and Mark Cichra have learned to care for these cats, providing food, shelter, and the occasional “snip snip.” Still, the feral felines posed for this gallery.

The Biennial Reviews

If you’re anything like me, the idea of the Whitney Biennial - the overblown, once every two year American art show - is always way better than its reality. And critics generally feel the same way. Yet being in New York around the time of the Biennial, it’s also impossible to keep yourself [...]

Banksy + The Chelsea Scene

Greetings America!
It’s fall in New York City which means one thing, Chelsea’s in full bloom. The show of the month is the highly advertised Banksy gallery show, appearing at the (usually inconsequential) Vanina Holasek gallery. After waiting in a 45 minute line in a Sunday’s bitter cold for the show’s opening, I finally [...]

A Convergence of America

Convergence, n. a similarity of structure in unrelated organisms that is caused by similar environmental pressures. Or, how Britney Spears reminds us of George Washington crossing the Delaware. By Paul G. Jackson

Free French Museums

Some French musuems are dropping ticket prices altogether in an effort to increase patron visits. Although the freebies are some of the smaller museums, the Louvre and d’Orsay are testing out some expanded walk-in times as well. No clumsy corporate sponsorship has been announced yet.

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Jackson Pollock at B.C.

Care of oV reader Lauren Whitney, The Daily Show recently took a shot at the McMullen Museum at Boston College, and its show of fake Jackson Pollocks. Also more evidence of John Hodgman’s genius.

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