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Every Architectural Rendering Needs an Alexander Calder Sculpture
What is it about Alexander Calder sculptures that makes them irresistible to the artists who create architectural renderings?
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Required Reading
This week, what scared Hitchcock, the future of digital arts publishing, paying for digital art commissions, copying what ISIS destroyed, an oil spill in "Christina's World," and more.
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Weekend Words: Sweet
Tomorrow begins National Candy Month.
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Learn to Love Your Meat Before You Meet Your Love
Raw meat as a metaphoric vessel for sensuality and sex is nothing new.
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Required Reading
This week, France's faux prehistoric cave, Palmyra's importance, does color exist, dangers of selfie sticks, and more.
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Weekend Words: Arm
This week came the report of a new robotic arm that can be operated with the power of thought.
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Why I Don't Buy the Premise of Christoph Büchel's Icelandic Mosque Pavilion
I've been hesitant to embrace Christoph Büchel's project for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale from the beginning.
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Why a White Poet Should Not Be Attempting to Reclaim the "N-Word"
Both literature and visual art share a common concern: they continue to grapple with questions of inclusion and diversity, and in many ways have done a poor job of righting the long-standing wrongs of white men who have dominated the landscape since forever.
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Sunday Night's 'Game of Thrones' Episode Doesn't Endorse Rape
I think that there is ample justification for the disturbing scene in “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.”
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Do Academic Articles Need Wide Audiences?
The cultural push towards artifacts with obvious, immediate utility is symptomatic of a culture that fails to place sufficient value on humanistic or artistic pursuits, many of which don’t have tangible or quantifiable benefits.
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Required Reading
This week, Picasso and global inequality, mistaking art for a garbage can, Twitter's abuse problem, gayness vs. homosexuality, and more.
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Weekend Words: Nails
As reported this week in the New York Times, Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered emergency measures to address wage theft and health hazards faced by the thousands of people who work in New York State’s nail salon industry