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America Is Trembling: Jean Genet’s Answer to Donald Trump
Jean Genet believed that money was inherently evil and the quest for power was a form of necrophilia.
Essays
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Batman for President and the American Political Imaginary
Batman, we might say, created the space in the American political imaginary for a President Trump.
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Considering the Role of University Art Museums on #J20
It is powerfully symbolic for those institutions who decide to close, just as it is powerfully symbolic for other institutions to deliberately choose to remain open.
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The 1970 New York Artists’ Strike that Prefigured #J20
The #J20 Art Strike resonates with the approach of the 1970 New York Artists’ Strike against Racism, Sexism, Repression and War, also commonly referred to as the Art Strike.
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We Need to Start Now: A Personal Case for the Art Strike
Why the #J20 Art Strike is important and why those of us who can should take part.
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Against a Feathered Headdress: A Tale of Two Performance Festivals and Native American Voices [UPDATED]
The same day that Latifa Laâbissi donned a faux-Sioux headdress at MoMA PS1, Emily Johnson created a collaborative event that championed indigenous voices and values
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Getting a Whiff of Perfume’s Illusions
The glass bottles decorating our dressers and vanities aren’t just aesthetic layers to add and remove but a story we tell the world about ourselves.
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Enduring Voices: The Legacy of Nat Hentoff
Nat Hentoff was a producer, not a star, nor even the type of director who gave himself an occasional cameo. History is not much good for remembering producers, despite the fact that no shows go on without them.
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A DIY Space Is Forced to Close in Denver Amid the Post-Ghost Ship Crackdown
Residents of Rhinoceropolis, a seminal art space and DIY music venue, were kicked out of the warehouse complex last month over "serious fire code violations."
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A Decade of New York City Art and Disco in 10 Tracks
Recent books by Tim Lawrence and Douglas Crimp underline the close relationship between the New York art scene of the 1970s and '80s and that most unjustly maligned of musical movements, disco.
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Remembering the Light in Dark Times: Dispatches from the Turkish Art World
Conversations with artists reveal a dark mood, and everyone is focused on one topic: When to leave? Where to go? What to do in the meantime?
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How Art and Law Can Work Together Beyond the Marketplace
On the one hand, the role of the art lawyer has been to lubricate the wheels of commerce. But this approach runs the risk of missing the most illuminating contributions to art law itself.