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As New York City transitions from a technocrat mayor to a more "populist" one, much recent discussion — at least in the press and among us liberals — has focused on homelessness. Artist Andres Serrano has been thinking about the crisis, too.
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The great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo ate fish and bread like most everybody else.
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Today, after 12 years, Michael Bloomberg will leave his post as the mayor of New York City. He's left us two gifts: a ban on e-cigs and an official portrait.
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A new study analyzing 3.9 million English-speaking Facebook users has concluded that 71% of status updates are "self-censored" — that is, modified prior to posting.
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This week, UK's scary internet filter, more on Nazi-era art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt, a London church builds a replica of Israeli's West Bank barrier, ridiculous moments from Pussy Riot's first TV interview, James Franco on celebrity selfies, and more.
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With the year coming to a close, it's time to think about time.
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Which television family do you prefer: the Jetsons or the Simpsons? If you picked the former, you will certainly enjoy this visit to the future past, when sci-fi-esque advertisements provided a vision of the then-future, which is now a part of our present reality.
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Kanye has had a longstanding relationship with artist George Condo, but their latest "collaboration" came in the form of a gift for Kim Kardashian — a hand-painted Hermès Birkin bag.
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Think of trailblazing black TV shows, and The Cosby Show immediately comes to mind. But before the Cliff Huxtable, there was Fat Albert, Bill Cosby's beloved animated creation that became famous for his catchphrase, "Hey, hey, hey!"
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CHICAGO — In the age of social-networked identities, when every private thought is often public declaration, what does it mean to be "good" or "bad"? Our words become performances, our self-portraits become selfies, and we are present as online brands. It becomes hard to take emotional moments serio
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This week, East Germany surveillance, the Knoedler forger speaks, smarm vs. snark, Guggenheim's authenticity problem, and more.
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What goes up, must come down, especially when no one really knows what it is. On Wednesday, Bitcoin crashed.