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Weekend Words: Heir
"I do see myself as the heir to a vast, great, rich culture of painting — of art in general — which we have lost, but which places obligations on us."
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A Meme Returns, Crying for Justice in Syria
In the wake of Russian and regime-led airstrikes on the already abused Syrian city of Aleppo, I saw it again: the raised hand, a meme I had been obsessed by during the first street protests of spring 2011.
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Required Reading
This week, digitizing the Library of Congress, conceptual art in Britain, the context for Hellenistic art, the five genders of Native American cultures, pomo ethics, and more.
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Weekend Words: Plagiarism
"Art is either plagiarism or revolution."
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Required Reading
This week, Cleveland artists and the RNC, Nicole Eisenman's genius, the Baton Rouge protest image in context, blackness and contemporary art, and more.
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Weekend Words: View
"The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them."
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This Company "Clones" Masterpieces
Would you like to have a Vermeer or a Caravaggio in your living room above the sofa? Maybe a van Gogh or a Degas painting would be a better match for your drapery and credenza?
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Required Reading
This week, Jeff Wall's insecurity, Deborah Kass says "vote Hillary," hostile architecture, Star Wars and the fantasy of US violence, and more.
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Weekend Words: Orbit
"Contemporary curators orbit in the place of distribution and consumption, and less and less in the space of artists. I think it has become a lazy profession in regard to its relationship to the artists and the vigorous state of art making."
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"A Man Was Lynched by Police Yesterday" Flag Goes Up in New York City
This week, we've witnessed another onslaught of senseless killings of Black people by police in the United States.
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Looking for Love on Wydr, the "Tinder for Buying Art"
I wasn’t looking for a real relationship with a work of art.
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Required Reading
This week, the lie in Gay Talese's new book, Jupiter's northern lights, socially engaged art in Tunisia, Angels in America as great art, and more.