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The language of photography: Q&A with Sebastião Salgado
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The language of photography: Q&A with Sebastião Salgado

I’ll never forget the first images of Sebastião Salgado’s that I ever saw. At the time, I was just getting into photography, and his images ...

May 1, 2013
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Camille Seaman named a Knight Fellow
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Camille Seaman named a Knight Fellow

Photographer Camille Seaman sees the personality in elements of nature. The TED Fellow thrilled us at TED2011 with her haunting photos of po...

Apr 30, 2013
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Turning New York City INSIDE OUT: Volunteering at JR’s photo truck
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Turning New York City INSIDE OUT: Volunteering at JR’s photo truck

On an unseasonably chilly Monday evening in Manhattan, hundreds stood in line in Times Square for up to two hours. As a city-dweller for sev...

Apr 26, 2013
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How soon is now?: Fellows Friday with Alicia Eggert

Conceptual artist Alicia Eggert uses words as found objects in her sculptural art — a body of work that serves as an ongoing investiga...

Apr 26, 2013
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Welcome to the pleasuredome: Fellows Friday with Antonio Torres
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Welcome to the pleasuredome: Fellows Friday with Antonio Torres

Squishy, vivid, frozen, frothy – architect and artist Antonio Torres’s wildly colorful and whimsical built spaces are often created us...

Apr 19, 2013
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6 great videos of yo-yo performer BLACK, perfect for Friday afternoon procrastination
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6 great videos of yo-yo performer BLACK, perfect for Friday afternoon procrastination

Yo-yo world champion BLACK admits that the first time he picked up his instrument of choice, at age 14, he couldn’t figure out the simplest ...

Apr 19, 2013
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A documentary about JR, and his participatory art project INSIDE OUT, to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival

The documentary INSIDE OUT: The People’s Art Project will premiere at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York this Saturday, April 20, gi...

Apr 18, 2013
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From A-ha to OK Go: A museum exhibit all about the music video
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From A-ha to OK Go: A museum exhibit all about the music video

In the early ‘80s, before MTV turned its attention to reality TV, David Bowie, Madonna and the Pretenders lit up small screens, using a new ...

Apr 5, 2013
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No art, no life: Fellows Friday with Cyrus Kabiru
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No art, no life: Fellows Friday with Cyrus Kabiru

Cyrus Kabiru crafts striking, whimsical, colourful pieces — most famously his one-of-a-kind spectacles, C-STUNNERS — from recycl...

Apr 5, 2013
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