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Move Over, Modigliani: Some Slightly More Altruistic Ways to Spend $170.4 Million
On Monday, Amadeo Modigliani's "Nu couché" (Reclining Nude), a 1917 painting of a woman sprawled naked on red bedding, fetched $170.4 million at Christie's.
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This week, glorious space photos, Ben Carson's Jesus kitsch, rich people trying to get a tax write-off, the Whitney Museum's original sin, Jeff Wall's insecurities, and more.
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Weekend Words: Secret
Spectre, the 24th film in the "seemingly unkillable" (in the words of Manohla Dargis) James Bond franchise, opened this weekend, furthering the adventures of the most famous secret agent of them all.
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This week, the origins of color, what art museums today should look like, a guide to feminist cybersecurity, a tax safe haven for selfish art collectors, emoticons as court evidence, and more.
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Weekend Words: Two
“Driven by fears that an aging population could jeopardize China’s economic ascent,” writes Chris Buckley in The New York Times, “the Communist Party leadership ended its decades-old ‘one child’ policy on Thursday, announcing that all married couples would be allowed to have two children.”
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Cindy Sherman in Blackface
Here we go again. #Myhsa (aka @E_SCRAAATCH) has called attention to artist Cindy Sherman’s blackface performance in some rarely seen works from 1976 by using the tag #cindygate.
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This week, nonbinary people and transgender visibility, democratic architecture, Amazon is suing reviewers, the earliest use of the ellipsis symbol in English, and more.
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Weekend Words: Run
Paul Ryan says he will (for Speaker of the House); Joe Biden says he won’t (for President).
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Why the ‘Playboy' Nude Is Passé in the Digital Age
Last week, Playboy announced it will forgo naked ladies on its pages come March 2016.
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“What Do You Have in Lavender Blush?" A New Tool to Buy Art by Color
Collectors choose to buy art based on their interest in the work itself, not whether it matches the color of their living room drapes, right?
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Did Drake's New Video Get Its Bling from James Turrell's Light Installations? [UPDATED]
The internet almost exploded last night when Drake dropped the music video for his track, "Hotline Bling."
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This week, the secret drone war, guerrilla action in the British Museum, the unseen Michael Graves prototype in Brooklyn, the dark ages of the internet, removing tipping from restaurants, and more.