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Art
Adrian Tomine
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (6:30–10pm) @ Giant Robot New York
Free
On the heels of the phenomenal success of Shortcomings, recently named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Giant Robot gallery hosts... View details »
Adrian Tomine
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Handmade Holiday
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (noon–8pm) @ 3rd Ward
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Home to local artists, artisans, and hobbyists, 3rd Ward has decided to open its doors to potential members while showcasing work from current ones busily... View details »
Handmade Holiday
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SantaCon
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (9am–9pm) @ Various locations
Free
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday behind us, it's time to rejoice in the true spirit of the season: St. Nick's seedy underbelly. Since 1994,... View details »
SantaCon
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Bust Magazine's Holiday Craftacular
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (10am–8pm) @ Metropolitan Pavilion
Free
With miles of yarn, persnickety vendors, tacky bric-a-brac, and steep handmade prices, craft fairs often annoy more than impress. But in the hands of the... View details »
Bust Magazine's Holiday Craftacular
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La Superette
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 @ Chashama Times Square More times »
Free
La Superette, the annual mega craft sale, caters to gifters who want to give a li'l something as original as they are. Prices are super... View details »
La Superette

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Art
Kurt Kauper
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (noon–6pm) @ Deitch Projects More times »
Free
Kurt Kauper loves to wonder why the male nude continues to provoke such discomfort and controversy when the female nude is all but synonymous with... View details »
Kurt Kauper
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Bridget Riley
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ PaceWildenstein More times »
Free
In the mid-'60s, Time magazine's review of a MoMA exhibition brought the term "op art" into the public consciousness; since then, modernism's first fun art... View details »
Bridget Riley
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Liz Craft
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Marianne Boesky Gallery More times »
Free
With her inclusion in the Hammer Museum's Eden's Edge: Fifteen LA Artists, sculptor Liz Craft was crowned one of the most LA of LA artists.... View details »
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Francis Alÿs
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (10am–4pm) @ Hispanic Society of America More times »
Free
While Dia searches for a new home, the arts org has teamed up with Washington Heights' Hispanic Society on a three-year collaboration. The first showcase... View details »
Francis Alÿs
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Paul McCarthy
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (noon–8pm) @ Maccarone Gallery More times »
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LA performance artist Paul McCarthy has lathered himself with condiments, crammed his orifices full of hot dogs, and positioned inflatable, phallus-for-nose sculptures in front of... View details »
Paul McCarthy
Getaway
Keith Edmier
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (1–5pm) @ CCS Bard Hessel Museum More times »
Free
Sculptor Keith Edmier learned his trade in a Tinseltown special-effects studio; like Oscar-winning films, Edmier's meticulous sculptures traffic in grandiose sentimentality, making them a cathartic... View details »
Keith Edmier
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Sprinkle Brigade
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 @ Riviera More times »
Free
Addressing the problem of unattended doggy doo on city sidewalks, Sprinkle Brigade began its own twist on urban beautification. By adding plastic toys, mini placards,... View details »
Sprinkle Brigade
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Charles Ray
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (11am–6pm) @ Matthew Marks Gallery More times »
Free
The most influential sculptors in contemporary art aren't the formal purists of MoMA's recent exhibitions (Serra and Puryear), they're a coterie of LA-based humorists whose... View details »
Charles Ray
Art: Photography
Francesca Woodman
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Marian Goodman Gallery More times »
Free
Francesca Woodman's evocative black-and-white photographs garner acclaim among popular audiences and feminist scholars alike. In this exhibition at Marian Goodman, 40-odd images represent the major... View details »
Francesca Woodman
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Mariko Mori
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (noon–6pm) @ Deitch Projects More times »
Free
Like many visionaries, Mariko Mori combines the ancient with the futuristic in her fantastical sculptures. At Deitch Projects, Mori presents three new works, including the... View details »
Mariko Mori
Art: Photography
Thomas Ruff
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ David Zwirner More times »
Free
The cheat-sheet on Thomas Ruff goes like this: a student of the austere photographer-duo Bernd and Hilla Becher in Düsseldorf; contemporary of those other large-format... View details »
Thomas Ruff
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Jason Rhoades
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ David Zwirner More times »
Free
The late Jason Rhoades was out of control in the best and worst ways, often at the same time. Rumor has it that before he... View details »
Jason Rhoades
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Bari Kumar
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (noon–6pm) @ Bose Pacia Gallery More times »
Free
Painter Bari Kumar lives and works in Los Angeles but is, literally and figuratively speaking, a dweller in the wide world. He will show a... View details »
Bari Kumar
Art: Architecture/Design
Luv-able and Hug-able
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (1–6pm) @ gallery hanahou More times »
Free
In the place where cockeyed monsters do battle with grumpy tomatoes and gold-lamé hearts rule, Soho's illustrator-friendly gallery hanahou brings in the things we love... View details »
Luv-able and Hug-able
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White Columns Annual
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (noon–6pm) @ White Columns More times »
Free
2007 isn't over yet, but Chelsea arts org White Columns gets the first word on the highlights. If you didn't make it to Chelsea enough... View details »
White Columns Annual
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Cy Twombly
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Gagosian Gallery More times »
Free
This summer, police arrested a woman for kissing and leaving a red lipstick stain on one of American artist Cy Twombly's works. View details »
Cy Twombly
Performing Arts: Theatre
Native Theater Festival
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (7–9pm) @ The Public Theater More times »
Free
The Native Theater Festival showcases Native American art in five nights of performances, play readings, live music, and panel discussions. Native Writers Circle Lifetime Achievement... View details »
Native Theater Festival
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Banksy Does New York
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (11am–6pm) @ Vanina Holasek Gallery More times »
Free
Having successfully snuck his work into museums in New York and London and fetched close to a million dollars from the sales of under a... View details »
Banksy Does New York
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Do-Ho Suh
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Lehmann Maupin More times »
Free
Korean artist Do Ho Suh inaugurates Lehmann Maupin's new Chrystie Street space — located in the shadow of the new New Museum — with a... View details »
Do-Ho Suh
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The Streets of Europe
Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (11am–6pm) @ Jonathan Levine Gallery More times »
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The recent success of street-art group shows 11 Spring Street Project (NYC) and Urban Grassroots (Berlin) has raised interest in graffiti, and put... View details »
The Streets of Europe