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Weekend Words: Summer
"I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year."
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Nicole Eisenman: An Exchange
Editor's Note: This letter to the editor was received this week and is presented here (without editing). It is followed by a response by the author, John Yau.
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In Defense of the World's Ugliest Color, "Opaque Couché"
And the title of "World's Ugliest Color" goes to: Pantone 448C!
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Required Reading
This week, Alex Israel shlock, Brooklyn's most famous building, Howard Hodgkins is unhappy (in life), John Cage meets Sun Ra, and more.
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Weekend Words: Indecent
"Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them."
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Required Reading
This week, Getty's recorded art history, Muhammad Ali's radical history, Michelle Obama's commencement speech, Morley Safer as artist, venture philanthropists, and more.
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Weekend Words: Monster
"I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself."
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Required Reading
This week, 72 new emojis, being photographed by Mapplethorpe, Dublin's artist studio problems, empathy vs exploitation, Warhol on Trump, and more.
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Weekend Words: Butterfly
"I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days — three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain."
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Required Reading
This week, US architecture's odd couple, Roberta Smith about the new SFMOMA, Taibbi on Trump, censorship in Israel, multi-generational affluence in Florence, animals in art project, and more.
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Weekend Words: Social
"The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator, which is often socially impressive."
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Required Reading
This week, bell hooks on Beyoncé, photographs from behind, makeshift memorials to gun violence in New York, Philip-Lorca diCorcia on the art market.