December 2008 Art Articles
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Make Sure You’re Smarter Than a 5th Grader When It Comes to José Limón
- Advance Notice: Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion
- Michael Ausiello’s Favorite TV Shows of 2008
- Pic of the Year: We’d Recognize That Back Anywhere…
- Exclusive: Channeling the ’50s to Dance It Out in Williamsburg
- Video of the Day: Andy Warhol Interviews Steven Spielberg in Bed, Bianca Jagger Watches
- Extreme Makeovers: Best and Worst Logos of 2008
- J.D. Salinger is 90 — So Let’s Celebrate
- Exclusive: Behind the Scenes of the Obama Campaign with Scout Tufankjian
- Five Things You Need to Know Now [Pop Culture Bites]
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Two Diablo Cody Fans Talk United States of Tara
- Five Films That Made New Year’s Eve Seem Life Changing
- Quote of the Day: No One Told Her There’d Be Blackouts
- Open Letter to David Fincher: We Want Our Old-Baby Man, Too
- Pic of the Day: A Cool Hunting-Approved Performing Arts Center
- Daily Poll: Is Saltsman Taking the Heat for Conservative America?
- Jeff Koons vs. Louis XIV [Pop Culture Smackdown]
- Video of the Day: John Lennon Imagines Laptops for Everyone
- Breastfeeding on Facebook: Indecent Exposure?
- Kill Your TV: New Year’s Eve 2009
- The Morning’s Most Interesting Cultural Stories [Opening Lines]
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Dream Jobs: Collin Erie, Rock Photographer
- Artists: Channel Your Obama Love Creatively [Contest]
- Grey Gardens: Brilliant Manipulators or Victims of Exploitation?
- Daily Poll: Do You Care If a Movie Has Been to Court?
- Video of the Day: Get Inspired by Flavorpill’s Friend Hugo Cory
- It Was a Good Year for (Some) Indie Films
- Quote of the Day: The Sopranos Meets The Dark Knight?
- Embrace Seasonal Depression with Sad Love Songs [MP3 Roundup]
- Weird Science: Celebrities You Wouldn’t Want as Lab Partners
- Pic of the Day: Europe’s First “Dark Sky Park” in Scotland
- The Third Rail: The Gift of Holiday Near-Cheer
- Hot Writers, Dance Collaboratives, Next Year’s Best Buildings and More [Cultural Headlines]
- Design Porn: A Menacing Dunk Dog, Icy Countenances, and a Toast to Batteries Everywhere
- Video of the Day: Our Favorite Catwoman, Eartha Kitt, Dies at 81
- Harold Pinter Dies, George Clooney Throws Pies, and Other Cultural News
- Video of the Day: The Stop Motion Fruit of Michel Gondry’s Efforts
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Video of the Day: Hollywood’s Stars, Before They Were Famous.
- Big Brother Book Club: The Professor and the Madwoman
- Narnia, Kindles, Michael Cera and 2008 Indie Film Goodness
- A Cheat Sheet to Spending Tomorrow at the Multiplex
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Christmas Trees and Santas in the News, Galleries, and LOLCats
- What New York City Artists Want from Santa
- Pic of the Day: If You Think This Baby Is Creepy From the Back, You Should See His Face…
- Exclusive: Elna Baker, Author of The New York Mormon Regional Singles Halloween Dance, On Humiliation and the Art of Smart Storytelling
- Daily Poll: Do You Want To See the Star Wars Holiday Special?
- Quote of the Day: Punk Rock, Young Muslim Style
- Will Negative Public Perception of Tom Cruise Ruin Otherwise-OK Valkyrie?
- Design Porn: 5 Toys That Grown Ups Will Like, Too
- Blair Likes Electropop, Wroblewski Likes Writing, and Chenoweth Likes Sex
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links that Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Reader Services: Possibly Better Off Missed Connections
- Which Nutcracker Is Right for You? [Comparison Shopping]
- Pic of the Day: Journey Back to 8th Grade Science Class
- Exclusive: Six Snapshots from the Cultural History of Walking
- In Memoriam: We Salute Our Favorite VHS Tapes
- The Third Rail: The New York Times Stages an Intervention
- DFA Holiday Freakout at (Le) Poisson Rouge [Show + Tell]
- First Listen: Phoenix
- Quote of the Year: Mickey Rourke + the Word “Fanny Pack” = Comedic Gold
- Man Twitters Plane Crash Survival, Begs for Stiff Vodka Tonic
- Video of the Day: Roadside Performance Artist or Patriots-Loving Nutter?
- Chanel Axes Exhibit, Foster Redesigns Double-decker, and More Artsy News
- Chris Cornell Is Completely Insane: A Quiz (Answers)
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in our Office
- Love in the Time of Doom: Man Troubles in the Boudoir
- The Irony of Esquire’s Reading List for Men
- Quote of the Day: Is Martha Wainwright the Antidote to Twilight?
- The Critics Weigh In On Seven Pounds
- Unpopular Opinions: The Top Ten List That Never Was (And Never Will Be)
- Video of the Day: How to Give Good “Jewelry Face”
- A Film Promo Site That’s Fun [Geek News]
- Ten Awesome Bands That Don’t Really Exist
- Pics of the Day: The Top 25 New York Street Art Pieces from 2008
- Design Porn: Santa-Inspired Street Art, Signs of Contrition and 8 Other Novelties of Wonder and Amazement
- Gatsby, The Office, Piven, P. Diddy and U2 [Newsmakers]
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Holiday Songs That Don’t Suck [MP3 Roundup]
- Officially Scary: Stephen King’s Picks for the Best Flicks of 2008
- Exclusive: One Final Happy Ending for Amanda Stern
- The Snide Side of Broadway’s Coyne Angers Ohio
- The Wrestler Delivers Action-Packed…Headlines.
- Quote of the Day: Americans are Thoughtless Little Pigs
- Season Two of Flight of the Conchords Premieres Online: User Reviews
- Video of the Day: Kittiwat Unarrom Needs Therapy — or a Better Meal Plan
- Can a Book Be Too Trendy for Posterity? [The Oprah Effect]
- Pic of the Day: What Does a Rockette’s Dressing Room Look Like?
- The Oscar-Predicting SAG Award Nominations Announced
- Starck Sounds, Mamet Revival in Peril, Kean-ye? and More Cultural News
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Pic of the Day: Someone Thought It Was Banksy…
- James Frey Is Addicted to Controversy [Intervention]
- Flame-Broiled Meat, the New Man Musk? [Test Drive]
- Exclusive: One Allotted Hour of Entertainment
- The Juiciest Literary Tell-All You Haven’t Read Yet
- One BIG Reason to Hate New York State…
- Three Reasons Why Bryan Fuller Will Save Heroes
- Daily Poll: Just Imagine the Status Updates…
- Video of the Day: Stereogum Salutes the Fallen Bands of ’08
- The Third Rail: A Year of Magical Books About Drinking
- Who’s Getting Talked About This Week [Anagram-a-rama]
- CollegeHumor Staff Brings their Kegerator to MTV Primetime
- Oprah Takes Over TV, Obama Poster FTW, ScarJo Sings Again, Plus More!
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Pic of the Day: The Scariest Door Stopper We’ve Ever Seen
- What Were the Most Financially-Savvy Films of 2008?
- Exclusive: The Street Art Scene is like One Big Block Party
- Frank Lloyd Wright Biopic in the Works [Highbrow Headlines]
- Video of the Day: No Need to Play This Backwards for the Satanic Messages
- Design on TV: Jack’s Study on 30 Rock
- Broadway News: Beacons of Hope in These Dark Times
- Quote of the Day: Transparency Genius or Raving Mad Man?
- Reader Services: How to Throw a Holiday Party for Culture Vultures
- Dream Jobs: Writing a Children’s Book About Barack Obama
- Madonna Settles Divorce, SAG Gets Super Serious and Other Tidbits
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in our Office
- Christopher Nolan a Sure Thing for Batman 3?
- Quote of the Day: And You Struggled with Infinite Jest…
- Reader Services: Possibly Better Off Missed Connections
- Pic of the Day: Performance Art or Seasonal Bar Crawl?
- Caught in the Pull: Marlene Dumas at MoMA
- Daily Poll: Is Making Fun of David Paterson Too Mean?
- The Faustian Danger of Second Life Architecture
- Video of the Day: What Happens After a Boat Filled with Clowns Sinks
- Dexter and Our Questionable Taste in TV Heroes
- Lost in Translation: The Mysterious Case of GReeeeN
- A Belching Sutton Foster Isn’t the Best Part of Shrek the Musical
- Exclusive: DJ Tiësto’s Favorite Spins of 2008
- When Philippe Starck Shops at Big Lots, You Know We’re in a Recession [Headlines]
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Flavorwire Required Viewing: Slava’s Snowshow
- A Modest Proposal for Dealing with Unemployed Writers…
- Exclusive: What’s on Mr. Murray Hill’s Christmas Wish List
- Love in the Time of Doom: Bringing Hipster Home to Meet Mom
- A Flavorwire Daily Poll: Christopher Nolan Gets Censored
- Design Porn: Ephemeral Art, Robot-Monsters, Edible Shoes and Other Sweet Stuff
- Video of the Day: How Many Times Can Tom Cruise Say “Musical” on Leno?
- Twilightgate: Should Chris Weitz Take Over for Catherine Hardwicke?
- Unpopular Opinions: Indie Rock is as Boring as Anything Else
- Sad White People: The Scourge of Contemporary Photography
- If Bangladesh Gets the Taj, We Want the Great Pyramid
- Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell [Downloadable Cinema]
- Quote of the Day: 50 Cent Is Obviously the Blanche
- Hunter S. Thompson Lives On, Bettie Page Dies, and McDonald’s Get a Makeover
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- All We Want for Christmas… is Less Christmas Music
- Golden Globe Nominations: The Best Movies You Haven’t Seen Yet
- Daily Poll: Channel a Time When You Wore Flannel Religiously
- Flavorwire Playlist: Unemployment Hits 26-Year High
- Scene Change: This Week In Theater Briefs
- Quote of the Day: All You Need to Know About Stripping You Can Learn From Reality TV
- Design on TV: Revealing Our “Private” Shame
- Pic of the Day: Way Before We Drooled Over The Sartorialist
- Brits Think Our Obsession with Jonathan Safran Foer is Bollocks
- Video of the Day: The Next Valentina Hasan
- Google Shows Us What We’ve Been Searching For: Making Sense of the Zeitgeist
- Exclusive: The Postelles (Albert Hammond, Jr.’s Pet Project) Review Little Joy (Fab Moretti’s Side Project)
- Exploitative 9/11 Novels, Toe Up Ballet Companies, Sustainable Dancefloors and Other Cultural Headlines
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Big Brother Book Club: Bleak, But Not Seasonal, Classics
- You Can Take the Film Critic Out of New York But…
- Nine Downloads for ’09: Songs You’ll Be Listening to Next Year
- Lost and Found in Williamsburg: The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Fafi Girls
- What’s in a Name? Ten Terrible Band Names, Ten Great Bands
- Thomas Friedman Explains that if The World Is Flat, The Car is Electric
- Guessing Game: A Quote from Rod Blagojevich or The Godfather?
- Pic of the Day: Smart Marketing or Sustainable Art?
- Exclusive: Wendy and Lucy Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt Discusses Her Slice of Life New Indie
- Quote of the Day: There’s No One Left to Save You Now Brooke Shields
- James Frey Does Gawker, Wolverine Does High Kicks and Other Cultural Headlines
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Are You Cooler than a Pre-Schooler? Not Likely.
- Damien Hirst Is One Rich Penny Pincher
- Jimmy Fallon on Late-Night Just Doesn’t Feel Right
- Quote of the Day: Amy Bloom’s Sort-of Dad Told Her to Bag Sean Connery
- Daily Poll: Self-Help Tomes Face-Off at the Multiplex
- Critical Review: An Interview with Chuck Klosterman on His Chinese Democracy Review
- Can Fox Searchlight Shine in 08 Without the “It” Indie Comedy?
- Video of the Day: Pocket-size Turntables for Just 2 Bucks
- At the Indie & Small Press Book Fair: Kindles, Writers of Weird, and Giant Vaginas
- Blur Reunites…For One Show. Does that Really Count as a Reunion?
- Five Polaroid Photographers Who Should Get More Film
- Combing Over the Broadway Transfer Of the Public’s ‘Hair’
- Studio Sexism Is Even More Offensive Than Teen Vampires
- Pulitzers for the Web, Cheap Opera Tix, NYT Money Woes and Other Cultural Headlines
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Paul Laster’s Art Basel Miami Diary & Photo Album: Days Four, Five and Six
- Time’s Top 10 Albums of ’08 Alarmingly Similar to Their Top 10 Albums of ’07
- The Third Rail: Repeal Day and Reefer Madness
- Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Case of the Self-Reverential Show
- Bedside Biographer with Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
- Exclusive: Former Simpsons Writer Larry Doyle Brings the Funny Back to High School Comedy
- Open Letter to the Turner Selection Committee: Matt Groening Might Have Been a Better Pick
- Daily Poll: Dancing Baby Good, Swinging Baby Bad
- Exclusive: Peter Selgin Tells Us About His Favorite Short Stories
- Video of the Day: What if you were doomed to a life of interviewing Fall Out Boy?
- Exclusive: Ballet Hottie Trey McIntyre Reports from the Frontier Land
- Quote of the Day: Prop 8 — The Musical Creator Recognizes He Was Late to the Party
- Books Are Cheap, Twyla Tharp Is Tough and Other Cultural Headlines
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
- Daily Poll: Grey’s Anatomy Has Cornered the Market on Crazy
- Scene Change: This Week In Theater Briefs
- Paul Laster’s Art Basel Miami Diary & Photo Album: Day Three
- Open Letter to the Academy: Frost/Nixon Deserves the Oscar for Best Costume Design
- Quote of the Day: Satire of Shtel Fantasy, Not Safran Foer
- Unpopular Opinions: Writing Your Own Songs is Overrated
- All the President’s Architects: In Search of Today’s Great Buildings
- Video of the Day: Epic Nerd Hijinks in Japan Courtesy of BBtv
- Introducing: Love in the Time of Doom
- Pic of the Day: Art Inspired by the Big Three’s Plight?
- Design Porn Holiday Edition: 10 perfect presents for toddlers, hipsters, the unemployed and more
- Van Sant Wanted Tom Cruise in Milk, and Other Interesting Tidbits About this Must-See Flick
- A Gossip Girl Spinoff, The Ghostbusters Movie, a Flintstones Musical, and MOCA Troubles
- What’s On At Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds Today in the Office
- Paul Laster’s Art Basel Miami Diary & Photo Album: Day Two
- Daily Poll: Honestly, We Would Have Expected This from Apple
- The Price Is Right (Free!) for this Must-Listen Mix Tape
- Pic of the Day: The One Time It’s OK That Your Mind’s in the Gutter
- Radiohead’s Pet Artist Becomes Label CEO
- Culture Wars: The Best, Biggest Feuds Raging Right Now
- Why We’ll Go Dutch with Tord Boontje Any Day
- Quote of the Day: Arianna Huffington Vanquishes Blog Weary Jon Stewart
- Big Brother Book Club: The Stainless Steel Rat and the Plus-Size Sleuth
- J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard: Worth Buying?
- Separated at Birth: Russell Brand and Demis Roussos
- The Pitchfork 500: Obscure Enough For You?
- Sundance ’09 Films We’re Already Falling For
- Grammy Nominations, Sylvia Plath on the Stage, Colbert vs. Kanye, and Other Tidbits
- What’s On At Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds Today in the Office
- Pic of the Day: A Dollhouse We’d Like to Live In
- Going Off On Off Off Broadway: Get Your Act Together
- Design on TV: Britney: For the Record
- Quote of the Day: Pennsylvania’s Winter Trumps Computer-Generated Apocalypse
- Paul Laster’s Art Basel Miami Diary & Photo Album: Day One
- Exclusive: Natasha Wimmer Tells Us About Translating the Next Great Latin American Author
- David Cook — No, Not the American Idol — Explains What Green Architecture Really Means
- Video the Day: Jack Black Makes One Sexy Jesus
- Daily Poll: Your Favorite of the Unlikely Crooners?
- Maybe Old School New York Wasn’t as Cool as We All Think…
- As Long As There’s David Bowie, There Will Be Life on Mars
- Is Rick Astley the Key to the Lost Mystery?
- France Copies America, Twilight Star Branches Out, Polanski Resurfaces and More Cultural Buzz
- What’s On At Flavorpill – Links That Made the Rounds Today in the Office
- Daily Poll: How Bad Is Your TiVo Guilt?
- Four New Music Releases in Five Words or Less
- Five Excellent, Underwatched Indie Flicks Score Spirit Award Noms
- Quote of the Day: Sarah Thornton Goes Inside the Art World
- Martin Scorsese May or May Not Make These Films: An Exhaustive List of His Upcoming Projects
- Unsolved Ausiello Mysteries: Major TV Star Secretly Axed
- You Don’t Get to Choose Your Literary Heroes — And That’s Not Necessarily a Bad Thing
- Pic of the Day: Is Supersized Nature Better Than the Real Thing?
- Exclusive: Best-Selling Debut Novelist Lauren Groff’s Favorite Read
- Our Pick for Media Person of the Year: The Laid-Off Journalist
- Rumor: Big Viacom Layoffs Coming This Thursday
- Exclusive: Curumin’s São Paulo Cheat Sheet
- Leckey Wins Art Prize, Deschanel Sings Songs and God Goes Gay
- Reader Services: How to Navigate Art Basel Miami
- What’s On At Flavorpill – Links That Made the Rounds Today in the Office
- Where Can You Find Ron Galella, Norman Jean Roy and Free Booze?
- Dance News: Alvin Ailey, Paul Taylor, Robert Mugabe, Beijing Contemporary Dance Theater
- Exclusive: Todd Zuniga’s Favorite Writers We Haven’t Heard of Yet
- Five MP3 Finds: From Lily Allen to White Denim
- Quote of the Day: Tina Fey’s Transformation from 25-Year-Old Virgin to Thinking Man’s Pinup Gal
- Video of the Day: MGMT Can Make Even Pilgrims Seem Ironic
- 132 Words On Why We Love Jane Mount and Jason Polan
- Would You Eat 365 Poor Man’s Casseroles for Your Craft?
- Pic of the Day: It Was the Street Hot Dog that Killed Him
- We Want a Divorce from Rachel Getting Married
- Britney: For the Record Sucked Us In, For the Record
- Holy Cities, Opera Houses, Good Movies, Lyrics and Beatles Muses