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Elisabeth Streb's Extreme Action, One Extraordinary Day, part of the London 2012 Festival Cultural Olympiad commissions; photo by Antoine Douaihy

Cultural Olympiad 2012
ART AT THE HEART OF THE GAM
by Emily Nathan

May 3, 2012

In the realm of mass culture, sport certainly has the better batting average compared to fine art. But that doesn’t mean the London Olympics, July 27-Aug. 12, 2012, won’t have its very own Cultural Olympiad, June 21-Sept. 9, 2012, a lollapalooza of some 12,000 cultural events in 900 venues, helmed by director Ruth Mackenzie, who formerly headed the Scottish Opera and the Manchester International Festival.

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Apr. 26, 2012	AI WEIWEI AT WHITE BOX by Emily Nathan Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei is honored at White Box, joining the action live via Skype.

Apr. 20, 2012	"Snapshot" POST-IMPRESSIONIST PICTURE THEORY by Emily Nathan Elizabeth W. Easton’s “Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard” is a revelation.

Apr. 19, 2012	Brooklyn Artists Ball 2012 JUDY ON MY MIND by Emily Nathan The world's fiercest females, especially Judy Chicago, sparkle at the 2012 Brooklyn Artists Ball.

Apr. 12, 2012	Gallery Shows L.A. THE LOS ANGELES LIST, 4/12/2012 by Emily Nathan From a trip to L.A., reviews of Dasha Shishkin, Elizabeth Peyton, Jonas Wood, Sarah Braman, Kelly Poe Holly Coulis.

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Mar. 9, 2012	SCOPE NY 2012 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY-FREE by Emily Nathan The small, vibrant art fair sets up shop across from the Armory, offering viewers a campy feast for their tired eyes.

Mar. 2, 2012	Savannah Dispatch KALUP LINZY'S NEW ACT by Emily Nathan The performance artist debuts his newest character, Kaye -- the male protagonist of his forthcoming feature film -- at SCAD in Georgia.

Feb. 29, 2012	Whitney Biennial 2012 RISKY SITUATIONS by Emily Nathan The Whitney Museum of American Art unveils its signature show, the Whitney Biennial, Mar. 1-May 27, 2012..

Feb. 27, 2011	Savannah Dispatch THE FRED WILSON TREATMENT by Emily Nathan In advance of his upcoming exhibition at New York's Pace Gallery next month, artist Fred Wilson intervenes at the Savannah College of Art and Design's newly renovated museum.

Feb. 24, 2012	Adel Abdessemed STRIKE LIKE A BUTCHER, WITHOUT HATE by Emily Nathan The Algerian-born, Paris-based artist Adel Abdessemed debuts a striking new body of work at David Zwirner gallery.

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Jan. 27, 2012	Jordan Wolfson's Video THE SEMITE, SMITTEN by Emily Nathan The young artist's new CGI animated video, featuring a schizoid character unofficially called "The Jew," goes on view at uptown hotspot Alex Zachary Peter Currie.

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Jan. 9, 2012	Gallery Shows NYC THE NEW YORK LIST 1/9/2012 by Emily Nathan "Corporations," Bertien van Nanen, James Nares, Hassan Sharif, Michael Snow, Margaret Evangeline, Thomas Woodruff, "Diggers," On Kawara, Joel Sternfeld, Ai Weiwei.

Dec. 19, 2011	Gallery Shows NYC THE NEW YORK LIST 12/19/11 by Emily Nathan For the die-hards, a few exhibitions to see before the New Year -- and after, in the first weeks of 2012

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Nov. 16, 2011	Performa '11 POOR PLAYERS TO THE STAGE by Emily Nathan The fourth edition of RoseLee Goldberg's international performance art biennial brings even more theater to NYC -- and prompts questions about what exactly performance art should do.

Nov. 7, 2011	Swoon SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS by Emily Nathan Swoon's ramshackle musical village of experimental instruments opens in New Orleans, with a program of live performances scheduled through December.

Nov. 3, 2011	Prospect.2 New Orleans BEATING HEART BIENNIAL by Emily Nathan The Prospect.2 New Orleans biennial, overseen by curator Dan Cameron, brings 27 artists to 16 venues in the Big Easy.

Oct. 31, 2011	Jake and Dinos Chapman SHOCK AND AWE by Emily Nathan Utopia and fascism -- YBa Jake Chapman in conversation with Sir Norman Rosenthal at the 92nd Street Y.

Oct. 19, 2011	Art Market Watch FRIEZE WEEK CONTEMPORARY AUCTIONS by Emily Nathan A $16.5 million Gerhard Richter, a $5 million Lucian Freud, a $5 million Alberto Burri and more at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips de Pury in London.

Oct. 6, 2011	Lisa Yuskavage SOMETHING LIKE SIRENS by Emily Nathan New works by the preeminent painter of strange, sexy female nudes go on view at David Zwirner Gallery.

Sept. 23, 2011	Ida Ekblad ARCANE ABSTRACTIONS by Emily Nathan Norwegian artist Ida Ekblad's exhibition of new paintings and sculptures at Greene Naftali Gallery.

Sept. 14, 2011	An interview with Eve Sussman FILMING THE INVISIBLE by Emily Nathan On the eve of her opening at Cristin Tierney Gallery in Chelsea, Eve Sussman sits down with Artnet to discuss her new epic film.

Sept. 9, 2011	Artists for Haiti ZWIRNER GALLERY RAISES FUNDS FOR HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF by Emily Nathan A benefit auction of artist-donated artworks goes on the block at Christie's to aid reconstruction in Haiti.

Sept. 2, 2011	John Chamberlain A VISIT TO THE STUDIO by Emily Nathan A visit to the Shelter Island studio of 84-year-old sculpture maestro John Chamberlain.

Aug. 25, 2011	Graffiti Art ESTRIA GRAFFITI BATTLE IN LOS ANGELES by Emily Nathan An eyewitness report from the fifth annual Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle in downtown Los Angeles.

Aug. 2, 2011	NADA Hudson NOTHING FOR SOMETHING by Emily Nathan A trip upstate to Hudson, N.Y., for NADA's newest art fair leaves a weary traveler underwhelmed, despite seeing some interesting art.

July 28, 2011	New Art GALLERY RAMBLE by Emily Nathan "Powhida" at Marlborough Chelsea, "Fucknails" at Daniel Reich, "Third Order" at Charles Bank, "Shakedown" at Dodge, "Of Memory and Time" at Hendershot, and Tracey Emin at Lehmann Maupin.

July 20, 2011	Artist Interview STRANGE DAYS: AN INTERVIEW WITH CIPRIAN MUREŞAN by Emily Nathan In his first New York solo show, iconoclastic Romanian artist Ciprian Muresan offers a fresh, ironic vision of life in the post-Soviet East.

July 11, 2011	Lee Ufan MILD MAJESTY by Emily Nathan A pioneer of East Asian minimalism brings quiet meditations on material to the Guggenheim Museum.

June 22, 2011	Bushwick Art Scene FOR LOVE OF THE GAME by Emily Nathan Bushwick’s eight leading galleries support the neighborhood's burgeoning community of New York's hottest new artists.

June 8, 2011	Bushwick Open Studios BROOKLYN LOCAL by Emily Nathan More than 390 art events at over 130 venues in Bushwick, Brooklyn -- the hippest art neighborhood in New York.

May 26, 2011	Gustav Metzger THE PAST IS PRESENT by Emily Nathan The New Museum gives radical British artist Gustav Metzger his first solo exhibition in a U.S. museum.

May 17, 2011	An Interview with Ashley Bickerton EDEN'S ANTI-HERO by Emily Nathan A probing conversation with the Bali-based artist Ashley Bickerton, in town for his new exhibition at Lehmann Maupin.

Apr. 29, 2011	David Salle DON'T UNDERSTAND ME TOO QUICKLY by Emily Nathan An interview with painter David Salle on the eve of his new exhibition at Mary Boone Gallery in Chelsea.

Apr. 15, 2011	Omer Fast THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN by Emily Nathan Omer Fast's Godville in "Found in Translation" at the Guggenheim.

Apr. 3, 2011	Larry Gagosian NOT FOR THE WEAK OF ART by Emily Nathan Wall Street Journal ace reporter Kelly Crow profiles the fearsome superdealer Larry Gagosian.

Mar. 30, 2011	The Andy Monument: WARHOL AND PRUITT, TOGETHER AT LAST by Emily Nathan Rob Pruitt unveils his first public sculpture -- Andy Warhol, a vision in chrome -- at 33 Union Square West.

Mar. 24, 2011	Sonia Delaunay: REAPING WHAT SHE SEWS by Emily Nathan Colorist Sonia Delaunay shows her spots -- and her checks and zigzags -- in an exhibition of textiles at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.

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Mar. 4, 2011	Art Market Report: ADRIFT AT THE ART SUMMIT by Emily Nathan On the occasion of the ADAA Art Show, art dealers and auction houses slug it out over the art market.

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Feb. 11, 2011	Lynda Benglis: TOP FORM by Emily Nathan The New Museum presents a long-overdue survey of works by the pioneering feminist sculptor Lynda Benglis.

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Jan. 21, 2011	NOSHING WITH KNOWLES by Emily Nathan Alison Knowles performs her Identical Lunch at the Museum of Modern Art.

Dec. 21, 2010	MYTH AND DREAM by Emily Nathan The past and present merge in Sergei Isupov's porcelain sculptures.

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