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Copying an eBook from Cover to Cover
Artist Jesse England’s piece “E-Book Backup” (2014) is a literal copy — a photocopy, from cover to cover — of a Kindle version of George Orwell’s 1984.
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CIA Copies Star Wars for Aborted Osama bin Laden Propaganda Doll
American propaganda has come a long way since genteel writer Peter Mathieesen founded The Paris Review as part of his CIA gig in postwar France. The Washington Post today reported that the intelligence agency tapped Donald Levine, the seasoned former Hasbro executive responsible for G.I. Joe, to cre
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Shocker: Sontag FBI File Contains Comic Sans
The Freedom of Information Act request-processing website MuckRock has obtained and published Susan Sontag's Federal Bureau of Investigation file. The document comprises 73 pages of letters and memoranda dating from 1968 through 1972, noting in mind-numbing detail the late intellectual's various app
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Reactions to Ryan Wong's Joe Scanlan 'Bombshell'
The reaction to Ryan Wong's satirical take on Joe Scanlan's Donelle Woolford project have been intense. Let's take a look.
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Explaining Ai Weiwei's New Meme
It started on Instagram last Wednesday, when Ai Weiwei posted an image of a man holding his leg like a rifle with the words "京城反恐系列" (Beijing anti-terrorism series).
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How Big Media Protects a Big Dick: The Case of Terry Richardson
Every magazine story begins with its headline. In the case of the profile of fashion photographer Terry Richardson on New York magazine's The Cut, that headline takes the form of a question: "Is Terry Richardson an Artist or a Predator?"
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Is iPhone Photography Getting Better?
When most people think of iPhone photography, they think of Instagram. But not everybody is enamored with the popular app: namely, some professional photographers.
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Required Reading
This week, art market boom thoughts, women ignoring men in art, press freedoms in the US, emotions of fonts, displacement as translation, reconstructing Le Corbusier's Maison Dom-Ino in Venice, and more.
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Weekend Words: Tea
This week, the Tea Party reared its ugly head and Eric Cantor is singing the blues.
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Just in Time for Whitney Retrospective, H&M Becomes Jeff Koons's Dog Park
Oh look, another major retailer tie-in for a major museum show. Yes, the upcoming Jeff Koons retrospective at the Whitney Museum has a corporate fashion deal, with a balloon-dog emblazoned handbag available for $49.95 at select locations starting July 17 — corresponding with the opening of the world
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Is There Really Nothing Left to Say About Purity Ball Photos?
Considering they've been making the internet rounds for over a month, I did not want to write about David Magnusson's photographs of fathers and daughters who attend purity balls.
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Disciplinary Architecture or Deterrence by Design
Spikes installed to deter sleeping and sitting beside the entrance to a luxury building were brought to public attention on Saturday following a tweet by @EthicalPioneer that has since inspired petition and protest.