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		<title>Results in for Phillips de Pury Contemporary Evening Sale, NY</title>
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Lot 19. Steven Parrino &#8211; cab Noggin, 1988. Acrylic on canvas, 72&#8243; x 72&#8243; Sold: $458,500
Numbers are in for Phillips de Pury&#8217;s Contemporary Art Evening Sale. Held last night (3/4), amidst the buzz of Armory week, results were lukewarm. More than a third of the 34 total lots went unsold, with total sales reaching $2,192,850 (with all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti Benefit featuring McGee, Fairey, Parla, Auerbach, Faile + more</title>
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Anonymous Gallery opens an exhibition to benefit Haiti on March 7. The show is shaping up to be quite an opportunity to pick up work by some very respected artists, while supporting a worthy cause.
Participating artists: Barry McGee, Shepard Fairey, Crash, Lee Quinones, Dondi White, Tauba Auerbach, Swoon, Futura, Jose Parla, Todd James, Eric Haze, David Ellis, Doze Green, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Saying.</title>
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#3. Toilet Humor Art
If I were to create a list of reasons to love Andrew Jeffrey Wright, I think part of it would look like this. The new 9 x 12 print in an edition of 72 is available for $35 bucks here.
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		<title>NY Art On The Go</title>
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Our friends at NY Art Beat have upped the anti with a new iPhone app that gets our seal of approval as a must have for any on-the-go-art enthusiast.  Listing 600 events from 1000 galleries and museums across New York City, the application provides users with the ability to search by GPS location, opening reception/starting/closing dates, most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Week for Fairey Amidst Growing Controversy</title>
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Art of Elysium&#8217;s 2010 Heaven Gala (Image via Art of Elysium)
It wouldn&#8217;t be a week without some sort of news from the Shepard Fairey camp, and this one is jam packed.
Fairey was named Visionary of the Year and lent design and decoration to children&#8217;s charity The Art of Elysium&#8217;s 2010 Annual Heaven Gala (pictured above). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rubell Collection to Expand to D.C.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Famed Miami based collectors Don and Mira Rubell have just announced plans to open up a new museum in Wasington D.C. to showcase their ever expanding collection of contemporary art. The location will serve as a satellite to their Miami museum, and was purchased for $6.5 million from Corcoran College and Gallery of Art in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McGee + HuskMitNavn to Exhibit Together</title>
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Barry McGee will be exhibiting under his Lydia Fong monker at Alice Gallery (Brussels, Belgium), alongside Danish artist HuskMitNavn (Remember My Name). While both are known for their work in street and fine art settings, The Last Night marks the first collaboration for the artists. The joint exhibition opens March 25.
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		<title>Kill Your Television :: Vote for Ben Jones&#8217; TV Pilot</title>
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Your television is one step closer to the psychotic visions of multimedia artist Ben Jones. On his own and as one-third of art collective, Paper Rad, Jones&#8217; paintings, comics, animations, and sculptural creations have been exhibited internationally at many notable museums and galleries, including the New Museum, MOMA, Tate Britain, Peres Projects, Deste Foundation, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matsu Bearbrick Release</title>
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Medicom Toy has just released a new limited Bearbrick design by our close and much admired friend, Tomokazu Matsuyama. The two figure set was produced in an edition of 300 and includes both 100% (2.5&#8243;) and 400% (10&#8243;) sizes. Though the product is exclusive to Japan (available here), savvy collectors will undoubtedly find their way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ed Templeton Rising</title>
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Internationally recognized for his painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography, skate-icon and artist Ed Templeton has several significant projects in the works.
Most immediately, Templeton opens a new photo exhibit at Roberts + Tilton (Los Angeles) this Friday, Feb. 26. The works on display are culled from the artist&#8217;s personal archives, and were shot spontaneously from the [...]]]></description>
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