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By W.M. Akers 3/29/11 11:46pm

At the Rubin: As Atta Kim's Buddha Melts, Vodka Flows

All was in readiness: the blue-velvet-covered stage. The moat around it. The two men from Queens with their 30-inch saws. Some people look to the Second Coming of Christ, but at the Rubin Museum of Art, they were awaiting the Buddha.

He came, on Friday afternoon, in the form of a half-ton of ice, carved Read More

By Molly Rosen 9/15/10 4:02pm

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Critical Conditioning: Booze and Body-Shaping at David Barton

An occasional series exploring New York’s health and fitness culture.

I went to one of those colleges out East where the girls were overachievers and competed in everything from semiotics to style. But what we cared about most was staying skinny. After long study sessions at the library, we ran to the treadmills at midnight Read More

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