Word: artiste
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When the four amphibious ninjas with Renaissance-artist names migrated from comic books to the big screen in 1990, they spawned a $6 billion frenzy for such delights as turtle-packaged frozen pizza, turtle shampoo and talking turtle toothbrushes. In the first sequel since 1993, Leonardo and pals have morphed into CGI. The movie's O.K. but probably not worth the hassle of shelling out for action figures afterward...
...energies of that moment subsided, but they never died out. If it hadn't been for all that weaving and sewing, for instance, the embroidered work of Egyptian artist Ghada Amer would be hard to imagine--to say nothing of Mike Kelley's stuffed-animal art. That's the point of the other big, smart new show "Global Feminisms" at the Brooklyn Museum. Organized by Maura Reilly and art historian Linda Nochlin, it concentrates on art made since 1990 and demonstrates that the concerns of the '70s have spread around the world. Jenny Saville's big nudes, for instance, with...
...your future—whether in the form of a fist of arrows, three bunnies, or a tree—awaits. Run to your new house and meet some upperclassmen! Fate has spoken; all that’s left is for you to get in touch with your inner artist, your inner jock, or the piece of the Radcliffe Quadrangle that?...
...trip to Tokyo in less than a year. "I love Japan," he told AP before his visit. "It is one of my favorite places in the entire world." Then again, not many other countries would see so many people willing to pay so much for a brush with an artist now better known for his legal troubles than for his music. But Japan has always been a lucrative circuit for musicians and bands otherwise confined to the "Where Are They Now?" genre of music TV programming. (See the top 10 Michael Jackson moments...
...more so than Smelly. A Tokyo-based performance artist who idolizes Jackson, Smelly takes his stage name from an old nickname of Jackson's. Smelly has been a fan for 22 years, and he doesn't let Jackson's personal troubles - or lack of recent musical output - dent his worship. "Michael's private life is in shambles," says Smelly. "But that is life, which shows on the stage and in his music. Despair, egoism and karma are revealed and there for everybody to see. Compared to Michael, other musicians are hicks...