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Weekend Words: Wax
"Being kissed by a man who didn’t wax his mustache was — like eating an egg without salt."
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This week, archeology politics, critical thinking and painting, futurist terms, #terroristselfie, how people spend time online, and more.
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Weekend Words: Melt
Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand and there you are.
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Required Reading
This week, the obit of Jesus, white male pathology, Giorgione, Thelma Golden, RuPaul, crowdsourcing a name, and more.
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Weekend Words: More
"We loved with a love that was more than love."
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This week, the failure of OWS, Instagram's impact on photography, the dominant aesthetic of the last decade, populist art from the Syrian civil war, Emily Dickinson as radical, and more.
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Weekend Words: Hell
"I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea."
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A Brief History of Kanye West’s Art Commentary on Twitter
This morning, School of the Art Institute of Chicago honorary degree holder Kanye West proclaimed on Twitter: "My tweets are a form of contemporary art only compromised by people trying to tell me what to tweet and not to tweet..."
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Required Reading
This week, the oldest photo of New York, galleries and museums and money, troubles at the Picasso estate, first dates for conceptual artists, and more.
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Weekend Words: Go
"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful."
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Required Reading
This week, Eli Broad and LA charter schools, Calatrava's new Manhattan boondoggle, selfie politics, Umberto Eco and Donald Trump, and more.
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Weekend Words: Ruin
"A man is a god in ruins."