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Weekend Words: Forget
The European Union wants Google to learn how to forget.
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A Story of Sentences: Nanni Balestrini’s Ever-Changing Novel
Tristano, the most recently translated book by the Italian poet and novelist Nanni Balestrini may come as a surprise to those who know him through his two previously translated works of fiction, The Unseen and Sandokan.
Art
Greg Smith’s Amazing Eleven-Minute Road Trip
From Ulysses and Arjuna to Sir Galahad, Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers, Jack Kerouac and, more recently, Greg Smith, the quest (or road trip) for redemption, transformation, utopia, or just some very good peach-and-banana ice cream is a theme that spans world culture, from great literat
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Chicago Imagists: Art History’s Overlooked Chapter, Now on Film
The Hairy Who is not the backing band of the Austrian pop singer Conchita Wurst. Still, it’s hard to believe the members of the Hairy Who, one of several coteries of artists who came together in the 1960s–1970s under the broader moniker of the Chicago Imagists, would not have celebrated this transge
Interview
Semiotext(e) at the Biennial: An Interview with Hedi El Kholti
Semiotex(e) is widely known as the publisher that brought French theory to America. Initially a scholarly journal founded in the early '70s by Sylvère Lotringer and others at Columbia University, Semiotext(e)’s reach expanded into the underground and downtown scenes, creating and reflecting affiniti
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Ars Sacra: Mozart, Proust, and a Polka-Dot Dress
Rachel, Monique, Sophie Calle’s memorial to her mother, is installed in a side chapel of the starkly beautiful neo-Gothic Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest on Fifth Avenue and 90th Street. On a marble plaque beside the chapel entrance, the artist has overlaid a brief text noting that her mother
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Feminist Protest Disrupts the Whitney Biennial
“Envision an art world utopia in which every artist, irrespective of gender or race, is valued for their work!” It was (and still is) a lovely sentiment, shouted by 14 female artists decked in flowers and gowns and leotards, and standing in the second-floor galleries of the Whitney Museum.
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Mark Fell's Wall of Utopian Sound
It's hard to explain the cultural power of house music in the late 1980s and early 1990s for those who weren't there.
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Frick Collection Reverses Policy Allowing Photos
Well, it was nice while it lasted. After revising its policy in April to allow photography inside the permanent galleries, the Frick Collection has once again changed course.
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Australian Government Cuts Over $100M from Arts and Culture
Australia's conservative government will nearly halve its budget deficit in the coming fiscal year, in the process eliminating more than AUS$100 million (US$93.6 million) in funding for arts and culture programs, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Art
Art from Anger: Portraits of Ciudad Juarez’s Lost Women
“Art is important when justice has failed,” he wrote, going on to say that when justice is not served, all that remains for the victim’s family is her story. As an artist on the outside looking in, he feels he can facilitate the telling of that story on an international scale, combatting the false n
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Corcoran Merger with George Washington University and National Gallery Finalized
The Corcoran Gallery of Art's absorption into George Washington University (GWU) and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, first announced in February, has been finalized, the Washington Post reported.