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Beast Jesus Predicted Trump
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Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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This week, discussing ICA Boston's new Schutz show, the White House gets a new "reality" star, competitive table setting, trouble with Air India's art collection, and more.
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This week, we're image-heavy as we explore the first modernist house in New York City, Google Streetview goes inside the International Space Station, fish farms from the sky, a Beyoncé wax figure that looks like Lindsay Lohan, and more.
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The Alchemical World of a Performance Artist Who Plays with Fire
Miao Jiaxin — best known for a work that invited strangers to Airbnb a cage in his apartment — lit a room up with fire at the Just Situations performance festival.
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This week, the Venice Biennale's photo problem, the importance of Jimmie Durham's claim to Cherokee heritage, the politics of fire, the state of queerness, dissecting Munch's "The Scream," and more.
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This week, the winners of Dronestagram, the Utah teapot, font culture wars, Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman, and more.
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Portrait of 18th-Century Muslim American Proves the US Has Always Been Home to Many Faiths
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery is showing an 1822 painting of Yarrow Mamout, a Muslim native of Guinea who was forced into slavery in America.
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This week, Kahn's Salk Institute, problems at MASS MoCA, how should we support scholars who receive online harassment, using art to understand "homosexual" relationships in Ancient Greece, and more.
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ACLU and Academics Concerned over TSA Proposal to Inspect Travelers’ Books [UPDATED]
If we all have to remove paper products — including books — from our carry-on bags, will it lead to new scrutiny of what we're reading?
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This week, Warhol's first self-portrait goes to auction, Sam Durant speaks about "Scaffold," India's problem with architectural preservation, Zadie Smith on black pain, the six people who created "Silence = Death," and more.
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Iconic 12th-Century Mosque Destroyed During Battle of Mosul
The Grand Al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul was destroyed as Iraqi forces were poised to retake the major Iraqi city that has been under ISIS control since 2014.
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This week, Koch Brothers and arts funding, touring the National Museum of Taiwan, a monument commemorating the generosity of the Choctaw Nation to the Irish, urbanism and Apple's new HQ, the mysteries of "bog bodies" unveiled, and more.