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Monthly Archives: July, 2011

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If You Don’t Have the Time to do Acid…

Then check out this video art at Andrew Rafacz to escape the summer heat

Remembering Modernism…Through Ikea

Closing soon at IIT: Jeff Carter hacks Ikea to commemorate Modernist masterpieces

The End of an Era: F Sits Down with Tony Jones

F sits down with retired SAIC president Tony Jones to discuss his seminal 20+ years at the School and a really sweet book deal.

F Gallery Visits: Where is Where

Interviews and images from the opening reception of the AIADO and Fashion Graduate Thesis Exhibition on June 13.

Public Speaking

Scorsese's documentary sheds a new light on author Fran Lebowitz.

Thee Oh Sees – Help

You can see what kind of experience you're in for.

RIP Amy Winehouse, 1983–2011

Tabloids bash Winehouse in the wake of her death, but we remember her as the soulful songstress behind tracks like "Valerie" and "Back to Black."

Brandon Alvendia

F Profiles Brandon Alvendia and The Storefront project space.

F Gallery Visits: File Type

F visits the "File Type" exhibition at Gallery 400 that runs through July 30, 2011.

F Gallery Visits: POLYAMORY

F visits the one-night only exhibition of POLYAMORY at Chicago apartment gallery Noble & Superior Projects on June 3, 2011.

Tom Waits – Bone Machine

The theme is decay. Festering, rotting, tortuous, mortal decay.

Emerging Art in El Salvador, Part One: Artefacto Espacio Cultural

A new series on emerging art and artists in El Salvador.

On Shit and Shinola

A tale of two artists in the Midwest and a jar of William S. Burroughs’ poop.

Biennale Binge (part 2)

Visiting the National Pavilions   After my initial perusal of the Arsenale, the opening of the Venice Biennale continued at a frenetic pace, alternating between tight...

The Egyptian Museum: a Reflection of the Revolution

Photographs by the author. Illustrations by F Newsmagazine.   The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum, has been at the center of...