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Art Not Oil Coalition Issues Statement on BP’s Sponsorship of UK Cultural Institutions
We received the following statement from the Art Not Oil coalition regarding the new BP sponsorships of major cultural institutions in the UK.
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Required Reading
This week, minimalism and class pollitics, art and drugs, hackers extort web users, Zumthor redesign for LACMA revealed, and more.
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Weekend Words: Heart
"There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it."
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How to Tell the Difference Between Propaganda and Art
At a round-table discussion at Smack Mellon gallery, convened on July 27 by Hyperallergic and the gallery, the issue of the distinction between propaganda and art was in focus.
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This week, art in shadow banking, the impact of focal length, oppressive minimalism, slave labor at the White House, Werner Herzog on Pokémon Go, and more.
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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?