In touting the new artCircles app, New York Times tech blog contributor Bob Tedeschi expresses preference for looking at the Mona Lisa on an iPad over seeing it in person.

Critic Jonathan Jones on new work by artist Damien Hirst: "The last time I saw paintings as deluded as Damien Hirst's latest works, the artist's name was Saif al-Islam Gaddafi." And that's just the first sentence.

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  • Theo Konrad Auer

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    A contributor to Oakbook, Theo Konrad Auer also holds the the odd honor of being been published in two different publications whose titles have something to with fecal matter: FecalFace.com and the sadly defunct local poetry magazine ASSPANTS. A born and raised Oaklander, Auer has been involved in the local arts community in one way or another, mostly writing about it, since high school. In college, he ran an acclaimed live poetry series with poet and black panther Lee Williams at a space which is now occupied by Dwayne Wiggins' Java House. Nowadays, he writes poetry and covers the local art community on the web and in magazines, including in Juxtapoz, Hi Fructose Magazine and SWEETART Magazine.

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