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The Three Ring Miami Art Circus

December 7, 2010January 9, 2024By Randy Gladman4 min read

This Dionysian art extravorgasm is squarely targeted at that fine layer of society with enough money to burn — those extra people who have extra homes and extra cash — but there is a massive, vital, literate, sophisticated series of critical contemporary art events, surprises and happenings going on as well.

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Contemporary Culture

Interview with Gallerist Cristin Tierney

November 7, 2010January 9, 2024By Randy Gladman11 min read

Cristin Tierney sees opportunity in current adverse conditions. On October 28, 2010, she opened her first gallery in a ground floor space in the ultra-important Chelsea art neighborhood of New York City.

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Contemporary Culture

The Artists Who Wield Ideas Like Burning Torches

November 4, 2010January 9, 2024By Randy Gladman4 min read

While many of us get trapped in whirlpools where our bright ideas get replayed until they grow dull, great artists move from idea to idea, their notions adjusting in interesting ways at each pivot point.

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Contemporary Culture

Inquisition of Conrad Black

May 16, 2010January 9, 2024By Randy Gladman7 min read

One of the last true Renaissance men, Montreal-born Conrad Black, aka Baron Black of Crossharbour, has experienced high highs and low lows throughout his illustrious life.

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Contemporary Culture

Rewind: Dalek

April 30, 2010January 9, 2024By Randy Gladman3 min read

The glory of Dalek is in the attention he pays to the details. Every punk-rock song sounds the same to someone who dislikes punk, but to a true punk fan the small differences are the sites of the purest creativity.

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Contemporary Culture

Matt Bahen at Moore Gallery

April 28, 2010January 9, 2024By Randy Gladman5 min read

Bahen paints like no one else in Toronto, modernizing classical impasto handling and earthy palettes by interpreting the catastrophes of twenty first-century societal conflict.

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