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The Cannes International Film Festival, which celebrates its 65th anniversary this year, is an arena for the best films - there are 22 in the 2012 competition - and bad behavior.
Tue, 15 May 2012 03:41:38 -0700 -
WEEKEND ECONOMIST: Growth artific
Australia's steady growth forecasts hide the fact that the resources sector is propping up much of the rest of the economy while global threats still linger. 11 May 2012 6:30 PM
Fri, 11 May 2012 01:43:29 -0700 -
Renee Blodgett: Artifice Meets Authenticity In Doha's Souq Waqif
You can find all sorts of things, from decadent gold and silver tea kettles, incense holders, ornate painted wooden boxes, henna paint for your hands, embroidered bukhnoq and spices.
Thu, 03 May 2012 04:51:23 -0700 - (PHOTOS)
Taking Another Look at Jean Renoir'
Grand Illusion " Grand Illusion repeatedly shows such examples of the potential for human feelings to bridge national boundaries. It is also a stunning example of Renoir's skillful melding of realism and glittering artifice."
Sun, 20 May 2012 09:08:54 -0700 -
Debra Ollivier: Deborah Copaken Kogan On The Red Book, Reunions, And Real Lif
Reversals of fortune and the artifice of self-presentation are the subjects of author Deborah Copaken Kogan's superb new novel, "The Red Book."
Fri, 04 May 2012 08:21:32 -0700 -
ROFLCon: The Internet Goes Offline to Talk Web Cultur
What makes something a meme? Or perhaps more importantly, what causes a meme, like the Occupy Cop or Disaster Girl , to go viral or even mainstream? Authenticity and spontaneity, said Jonathan Zittrain , a law professor at Harvard who studies the Internet and how people use it.
Fri, 04 May 2012 15:00:20 -0700 -
TV Monday: The Pitc
If you've ever seen an ad that was so lame, so devoid of art, or even artifice, that it annoyed you to no end, it could be instructive to watch The Pitch, AMC?s fly-on-the-wall docuseries about advertising agencies competing to win key accounts. It?s a show about watching the hucksters huck, in other words.
Mon, 07 May 2012 07:35:09 -0700 -
From devils to rattlesnakes, Stack the Deck's custom playing cards are anything but traditiona
It was an evening of great art for a great cause at the Stack the Deck charity auction at Artifice on Saturday night.
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:36:23 -0700 -
Neon This Wee
Gonzo Groove Situation jams Bourbon is meant to be smooth. Jazz? Not so much. Check out what we mean during a night of fierce, free range jams with the Gonzo Groove Situation at 9 p.m. today at the Artifice, 1025 First St. Call 702-489-6339. - JASON BRACELIN
Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:20 -0700 -
Olympique Lyonnais unveil 3D shirt
?The trompe-l?oeil does not attempt to confuse itself with the real. Fully aware of play and artifice, it produces a simulacrum by mimicking the third dimension, questioning the reality of the third dimension, and by mimicking and surpassing the effect of the real, radically questioning the principle of reality.? -Jean Baudriallard, On Seduction ?I enjoyed [...]
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