| Husband-and-wife artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude were both born 77 years ago today. The lovers traveled the world wrapping cliffs in fabric and giving islands skirts, making their relationship seem almost magical.
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Because school is out and I don't have any major obligations, I decided to take in as much of New York as possible on Saturday. |  | Robert L. Lynch: 'Arts & Economic Prosperity IV' Proves That the Arts Industry Is Resilient, Even in a Down Economy
The point of the arts is obviously not to create jobs; the point is to help us communicate in new ways about what it is like to be human. But isn't it great to know that the arts are also a robust industry hat helps fuel America's economy? |  | Margaret Fuhrer: Uphill Battles: Gallim Dance in Sit, Kneel, Stand
Putting on a dance show is a Sisyphean task. No matter what heights the dancers reach onstage one night, they begin the next night's performance at the bottom of the hill, doomed to re-create the work from scratch. It's a grueling job. It's also a heroic one. |  | Kari Adelaide: Michael Berryhill at Kansas Gallery
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A beloved Paris institution, the Village Voice Bookshop, will go out of business at the end of July. The Voice has been one of the best English-language bookstores not just in Paris, but in all of Europe. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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