Being an artist takes perseverance and patience while waiting for a muse to get entangled in a carefully camouflaged trap net. Let others do the hard work with today's Groupon: for $10, you get a one-day general-admission ticket to The Affordable Art Fair taking place May 5–8 at 7 West 34th Street (up to a $20 value). The fair opens at 11 a.m. each day and closes at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Founded 12 years ago and currently held in 10 locations worldwide, The Affordable Art Fair envisions a utopian society in which all art lovers have access to high-quality contemporary art at reasonable prices. Discover pieces priced from $100 up to $10,000 by today's most talented brush brandishers, ranging in degree of fame from art stars to artists who dress like black holes. Spring 2011 exhibitors include galleries and collectives from all over the world, including BadJupiter of New York, Capital Culture of London, and Villa del Arte of Barcelona, among many others.
Idea-hungry knowledge hoarders can catch one of the free events and workshops hosted throughout the fair, including the Aperture-led Collecting Photography series, which discusses everything from starting a collection to superior archival methods. In its short life, the fair has sold nearly $200 million worth of art to the picture-procuring public, a number sure to grow with this spring's iteration and subsequent stream of art grabbers.
Mothers receive free admission on May 8 if accompanied by a child. If you fit this description, use the Groupon on a different day to get the best value.
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The Groupon Guide to: Knighting Yourself
Nowadays, you don't have to slay a dragon or release a hit music album to get knighted. In fact, the Magna Carta specifically grants all land-owning citizens the power to knight whomever they see fit, and since this document is still the basis for all of today's laws, here's what you'll need to knight yourself:
A Worthwhile Quest: Every knight worth his chain mail earns his title and the official, knights-only Maytag dishwasher by bravely completing a legendary quest. Suitable quests include rescuing a princess, raising the national IQ through tireless one-on-one tutoring, or warning children about the dangers of defenestration through a series of comical radio advertisements.
A Gallant Broadsword: Once you've completed your quest, you'll want a high-quality sharp weapon with which to knight yourself. Try looking in abandoned rock quarries or school lost-and-found closets. If you can't find a heroic-looking blade, visit your local Nerf mine to gain access to enough of the soft foam-like mineral to make a sword.
Goodness in Your Heart: True knights must be pure at heart, so it's important to purge yourself of any unkind feelings or fears that have lodged themselves in your ventricles. Lock yourself in a closet and perform scream therapy for at least two months (no breaks) to excise your demons. Then, deliver a shot of goodness directly into your aorta by eating some children’s letters to Santa.
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