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Yorke GIF

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For electronic supergroup Atoms For Peace’s new video, “Ingenue,” Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke (AFP vocalist) delves into contemporary dance, pairing with dancer Fukiko Takase. Like many a Yorke dance move, this one, too, is now available in GIF form.

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Risk and Reward

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With the latest edition of James Sewell Ballet’s annual Ballet Works Project, a willingness to take major risks with the choreography was on display.

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Flying Neutrinos and Picket Lines: Shara Worden at SPCO

The Green Room

To spark discussion, the Walker invites local artists and critics to write overnight reviews of our performances. The ongoing Re:View series shares a diverse array of independent voices and opinions; it doesn’t reflect the views or opinions of the Walker or its curators. Today, filmmaker and writer Justin Schell shares his perspective on Tuesday’s concert by Shara Worden. Agree or disagree? […] To spark…

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5 Artists Expanding the (Painting) Field, from the Midwest

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Painter, Painter, now on view at the Walker Art Center through October 27, 2013, includes a selection of living artists responding to the materiality and open-endedness of the medium of painting, as well as the fluidity of the role of artist as painter. Operating as painters creating new work in a time of unlimited ontologies, we […] Painter, Painter, now on view at the Walker Art Center through October 27…

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Gallery Runway: 3

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I really like this Joann Verburg piece. The overall tone is very pastel. I like the subtle and dreary greys and greens and then the little pops of pink. The fact that the newspaper is in the middle of the picture and is less colorful than anything else draws our attention to it and we notice the “twin towers” on the front. The solemn tone in the picture can also be brought about by acid washed denim…

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Painter Painter Playlist: Molly Zuckerman-Hartung

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What do you listen to in your studio? We asked this question to each of the artists included in the current Painter Painter exhibition. The artists responded enthusiastically with personal playlists, notes and reflections of what inspires them or just what is currently stuck on repeat in their studio. The Painter Painter Playlist blog series will […] What do you listen to in your studio? We asked this…

Articles

This Is Not a Trojan Horse

Steve Dietz

Steve Dietz, founder, president, and artistic director of Northern Lights.mn, deconstructs Open Field 2010 artists-in-residence Futurefarmers’ process, practice, and motivations.

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Forecasting Change: A Meteorologist and an Artist on the Climate Crisis

Paul Schmelzer

Paul Douglas considers himself an “albino unicorn.” A moderate Republican, he’s also a meteorologist who believes climate change is real. Music-theater artist Cynthia Hopkins decided to make art about the crisis after a 2010 Arctic expedition. In a recent interview, the pair discusses global warming and ways that art, science, and spirituality can work together to change minds about a changing planet.

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Walker Home & Garden Club Learns to Darn

Field Guide

The Walker Home & Garden has struck again. Struck the darning needle that is. You see, we have now learned the ins and outs of darning socks and hemming trouser legs. The most challenging moment of instruction proved to be knotting the needle: by threading the needle once, simply twisting the string around the needle, […] The Walker Home & Garden has struck again. Struck the darning needle that is. You see, we…