In Brief
How a Lovers' Quarrel Led to Francis Bacon's 1968 Arrest for Marijuana Possession
A tape recently made public reveals that Bacon was busted by the Chelsea drug squad after a feud with his lover George Dyer.
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History
Thousands of Objects Tell of Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence Across the Centuries
Altered States: Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence in the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library at Harvard's Houghton Library explores the human desire to escape the ordinary.
In Brief
Archaeologists Find Solid Gold Scythian Vessels for Opium and Weed
In "a once-in-a-century discovery," archaeologists excavating in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia have discovered two intact, solid gold vessels used by the Scythians.
News
Aussie Artist Wants to Put the "High" in High School with Educational Marijuana
Australian artist Leon Ewing has come under fire for suggesting that drugs should be given to high school students to help unlock their creative potential.
Opinion
No, Accepting Art Donations for Marijuana Is Not Legal
In a surprising new business model for art galleries, a space named 530 Gallery on Santa Fe Boulevard in Denver, Colorado, was caught offering free marijuana to anyone who donated to the gallery, reports CBS.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week's Required Reading has Serra at the Met, pole dancing's relationship to art, tech's relationship to whiteness, mud stenciling, sound art, ruminations on the art world by a bigwig at Christie's and the art of getting high.
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Fred Tomaselli's (Non-Chemical) Influences
One might be excused for mistaking Fred Tomaselli’s solo show at the Brooklyn Museum for a pharmacy. Upon closer look, the collaged paintings, baroquely-arranged magazine clippings coated in a thick layer of resin, are embedded with pills the way a microchip is implanted under the skin. Sometimes th