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How Beauty Can Help Us Empathize
This past weekend David Brooks, the conservative columnist at the New York Times left behind his contrarian punditry for a bit and tried his hand at writing on beauty.
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A Few Things You Won't Learn from Stephen Colbert's Interview with the Guerrilla Girls
Gender inequality in the art world is still a thing, and it still needs to go away.
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Required Reading
This week, rip-off photographer, questions about the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Erdoğan vs. Chomsky, David Bowie's favorite artists, the Tinderization of emotions, and more.
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Weekend Words: Mars
Farewell to Ziggy, Weird and Gilly, and The Spiders from Mars.
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The Virtual-Reality Future Is Here
Many expect 2016 to be the year that virtual reality (VR) finally takes off.
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Required Reading
This week, David Bowie's style as a GIF, Sean Penn and El Chapo, wealthy artists and grants, MOCA's new permanent collection installation, and more.
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Weekend Words: Boom
This week, North Korea went boom and China went bust.
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Galapagos Art Space Founder Attempts to Flip Detroit Building for $6.25 Million
Just over a year ago, Robert Elmes made waves when he announced that the beloved Brooklyn art institution he'd founded 20 years prior, Galapagos Art Space, would be closing up shop in New York and moving to Detroit.
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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Another White Superhero!
The American white superman is a myth. When we insist on upholding the idea that he's real, we all suffer.
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Required Reading
This week, Gramsci hates New Year's, art market bubble, advice from art dealers, remembering Ellsworth Kelly, and more.
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Weekend Words: Chocolate
Last week, a food blogger called into question a famous Brooklyn chocolate maker's "bean-to-bar" reputation.
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Required Reading
This week, origins of Etruscans, Pollock in Dallas, artists and scholars on the margins, Iran's underground, MSM's obsession with terrorism, and more.