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Weekend Words: Time
With the year coming to a close, it's time to think about time.
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6 Videos from the Past that Predicted the Future
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 Gives Kim Kardashian a George Condo-Painted Hermès Birkin Bag
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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Online Museum Celebrates Pioneering Black Animation
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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How Good You Must Be When Everyone Can See
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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Required Reading
This week, East Germany surveillance, the Knoedler forger speaks, smarm vs. snark, Guggenheim's authenticity problem, and more.
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Weekend Words: Crash
What goes up, must come down, especially when no one really knows what it is. On Wednesday, Bitcoin crashed.
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The Renaissance Lied to You Because Angels Don't Have Wings
Angels do not have wings, says a leading Catholic Church "angeologist." Cue gasps.
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Solid Gold: Serpentine's Julia Peyton-Jones Tells Us How to Spend It
In case you thought that serpentine was just a name, not a sensibility, Julia Peyton-Jones, co-director of the Serpentine Gallery, has some stiff correctives for you.
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5 Ephemeral Internet Pages That Wink at Ubiquitous Popular Culture Figures and Tropes in a Way That Will Surely Amuse You and For a Moment Alleviate Your Crushing Alienation
If the title doesn't tell you everything you need to know about this post … well, then we can't help you …
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China Has Almost 4,000 Museums
We've been reading about the boom in Chinese museum building for years now, and this week The Economist joins the slew of Western outlets that have reported on the craze. The piece offers an update on the situation, including a look at the latest numbers.
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Art, Tech, and Gentrification in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — As fleets of shuttle buses take employees to their respective Silicon Valley campuses, resentment and tension grows in the Bay Area. Last week, protesters blocked one such Google bus in an effort to draw attention to the widening gap between the technology industry and the communitie