Awe, Disdain for Christo's New York 'Gates' Art
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"The Gates," the huge, quirky art work  by Christo and Jeanne-Claude that was unfurled in Manhattan's  Central Park on Saturday, drew oohs, ahs and oh-nos from  visitors on the debut of its 16-day run.
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Since the K5 Emperor of Icecream, eavier, foisted the augean task of ghetto-reviewing onto my skinny shoulders this year, here goes. First, we begin with the grimy w/hole itself, and then move to the individual rotting parts thereof. The obvious changes to the ghetto landscape were: trhurler didn't come back from his hike, MichaelCrawford started giving it away, my kuron brethren were badly trolled by a xanax-popping dysfunctional alcoholic), both Egil and insomnyuk decided to suicidomize themselfs, NIWS/Spellcheckbot attacked (again), and rusty took apart his bathroom and added walls to K5.   Rotting parts inside:
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The Vatican has come calling for one of the paintings at the Columbia Museum of Art.
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Offended Bethlehem residents have painted over a satirical mural by graffiti artist Banksy that was meant to highlight their plight.
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Never show Jesus Christ or Queen  Victoria. Do not blaspheme or mention homosexuality.
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NEW YORK -- For months, a minor mystery has beguiled the hipsters of this city: Who is splashing paint on New York's highest-profile graffiti?
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A nonprofit group has started a project to festoon New York City's yellow taxicabs with colorful flower decals hand-painted by children.
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A riotously profane picture of a village  fete by Pieter Brueghel the Younger that has not been seen in  public for 70 years goes under the hammer in London next week.
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A California community limits the number of new art galleries
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A Roman Catholic cardinal used the term "degenerate" at the opening of an art museum on the ruins of a church, drawing criticism Saturday for employing a phrase strongly linked to the Nazi persecution of artists.
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A German archbishop sparks anger by calling modern art "degenerate" - a term used by Nazis in persecuting artists.
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Hundreds of workers have put their lives on hold to install "The Gates," a $20 million project by the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude that opens in Central Park next Saturday.
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They are two of the most recognized  works of art in the world, and they have lost out to an  autographed toilet.
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PHILADELPHIA _ There's no way to tiptoe around the subject of this story. It is gross.  And if you think it's hard to read about, imagine what it's like to live with the problem facing hundreds _ and possibly thousands _ of Philadelphia homeowners such as David Rizzio.
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Statues scattered across central London rooftops as part of artist Antony Gormley&#39;s latest exhibition are proving a serious headache for police.
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Environmentalists bristle as city moves toward 'shared use' of a local haunt.
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Now that a growing number of paintings returned from museums to Jewish families who once owned them have been fetching millions at auction, critics in Germany and Austria say that the claims of restitution have little to do with justice