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A Response to the Call to Boycott Israel

Last month, the following letter was sent to artist Mel Chin by New York–based curator Manon Slome.

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Why the SF Chronicle’s Choice of a New Art Critic Is Disappointing

This past May, after 30 years on the job, Kenneth Baker announced his retirement as art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. Today, his replacement was announced.

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The Perks and Problems of Santa Fe’s Indian Market

SANTA FE, NM — Indian Market is a fixture of the Santa Fe community. Founded in 1922 by the Museum of New Mexico, the market brings over 150,000 people to Santa Fe each year to view the work of over 1,100 Native American and First Nations artists.

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Required Reading

This week, Wim Wenders and reactionary sentimentalism, the importance of Palmyra, when civilization started to discriminate against women, the power of images, African Americans and appropriation, and more.

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Weekend Words: Stumble

Last week an unfortunate 12-year-old boy stumbled into a 17th-century Baroque painting by Neapolitan artist Paolo Porpora, and this week Jeb! Bush continues to stumble in the wake of Death Star Trump.

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Minnesota Fair Censors Bill Cosby Portrait Made from Rapeseeds

Every year, the Minnesota State Fair offers a prized blue ribbon to the artist who can make the coolest picture from seeds of commonly grown crops.

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How We Talk About the Dead

Imagine a person like this: “one of a handful of people who can truly be said to have changed the way we think and write about art, fashion, culture, and celebrity.”

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There’s a New Art Reality TV Show for Us to Hatewatch [UPDATED]

Just when you thought art-related reality TV programming couldn't get any worse ... it has!

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The Bauhaus Connection in Google’s New Logo

When the news broke yesterday that Google had a brand new logo — the biggest change to its visual identity since its inception in 1998 — the design twitterverse exploded with commentary about the thickness of the new letterforms and their conspicuous lack of serifs.

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The True Report of a Former Getty Curator Lost in Scandal

Hamlet thought he could do it. The prince believed he could exert control over the narrative of his life’s major events and the part he played in their grim culmination.

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Required Reading

This week, college and the market, foundations funding inequality, MoMA by the numbers, 1-star Yelp reviews of US national parks, and more.

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Weekend Words: Plunge

Some call it a plunge, some call it a correction, some call it the end of the world. The global economy grips its seat as the stock market slide rattles nerves for a second week in a row.