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The Nostalgic Melancholy of YouTube Urban Exploration Videos
Many channels have made popular videos about "scary" things like abandoned asylums or amusement parks. But there is a different trend which reveals the mundane decay of the suburbs.
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Required Reading
This week, emoji chocolate, museums and toxic money, Eli Valley on drawing dystopia, bingeing on Game of Thrones, and more.
Music
Vampire Weekend Self-Consciously Grows Up
Growing up and finding love are conflated as a general spiritual awakening on the band's new album.
Books
Allen Ginsberg: Poet on the Move
The poet travelled to 66 countries and left traces of each one in his poetry.
Art
The Secret Paintings of a Hermetic Filmmaker
Jordan Belson wanted the viewer to see only what was in front of his or her face — to scrutinize his paintings from up close.
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Surfboards, Skateboards, and the Question of Art
What is the difference between a painting in a museum and a tattoo on an arm?
Performance
This Year's Ten Best German Plays
The work on display at Berlin's Theatertreffen draws on film, novels, Brecht, and ancient Greek drama.
Art
A Universe of Mazes and Meta-Pictures
Laleh Khorramian fills two galleries with visions from a distant galaxy.
News
After a Protest at the 2019 Whitney Biennial Opening, Activists March to Warren Kanders's Townhouse
One protestor promised, “If you take peace from the people, we take peace from you.”
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Lucian Freud’s Mountains of Flesh
Freud’s forlorn, isolated figures and grotty interiors resonate appallingly with the steep cultural and social decline fated by Brexit, if it ever takes effect.
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An "Alternative Museum Guide" Explains the Kanders Controversy to Whitney Biennial Visitors
An altered replica of the Whitney Museum's spring guide, released by the collective (D)IRT, was created in an effort to educate museum visitors about the Whitney's relationship to gentrification, diversity, and controversies surrounding its board.
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JR, Shepard Fairey, and Other Muralists Collaborate with LA High Schoolers
In addition to their input, students were invited to assist local and international artists in completing the murals, as well as serve as subject matter in some cases.