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Required Reading
This week, artists and drones, archiving the web, Russian art manifestos, the lies of American Sniper, modern life, and more.
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Weekend Words: Sweat
On Tuesday, Hyperallergic's Benjamin Sutton reported that a civil court in Antwerp has convicted Luc Tuymans of copyright infringement for appropriating an image by photojournalist Katrijn Van Giel for his painting, “A Belgian Politician” (2011).
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Artists Confront the Uncomfortable Legacy of Lenin
This week, two men made headlines when they doused the tomb of the Soviet Union's first leader Vladimir Lenin with holy water while reportedly shouting "Rise up and leave!"
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Liveblogging 'The Artist as Debtor' Conference
We're at Cooper Union today to liveblog the 'The Artist as Debtor: A Conference about the Work of Artists in the Age of Speculative Capitalism' event.
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Luc Tuymans Case Illustrates the Failure of Europe's Copyright Laws
LONDON — Belgian artist Luc Tuymans, known for his paintings that rework existing photographic source material, has been found guilty of plagiarism in a European court for using a copyrighted photograph as the inspiration for an artwork.
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The #MuseumSelfie Scourge Is Upon Us
What have we done to deserve this? Today is a day that will forever be remembered as a plague on our social media feeds, a moment that ruptured our visual culture with a barrage of grainy images of people the world over visiting museums.
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Required Reading
This week, tax breaks for billionaire art collectors, architecture of art fairs, assholes who think they're geniuses, the problem with #AllLivesMatter, a slave who freed herself, literary California, and more.
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Weekend Words: Separation
This week, amNewYork reported on a recent study from the University of Missouri investigating smartphone separation anxiety.
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Kitsch Alert: Slap Your Face (or Your Partner's, Pet's) on an Old Master
Everyone's favorite Hallmark holiday is coming up in one month, which means if you haven't bought a present for your significant other yet, you're running out of time. Luckily, we received the best gift idea we've ever seen in our inbox this morning: Nobilified.
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"Je Suis (in Solidarity with but Uncomfortable About) Charlie"
The day after the Charlie Hebdo attack I was in line at a public notary's office in São Paulo. The local news, playing on a flat-screen TV intended to placate those of us waiting for an official stamp on this or that official document, showed footage of the massacre.
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Required Reading
This week, the fallout from the Charlie Hebdo massacre dominated the news, while artist Tania Bruguera talks about her detention in Cuba, questions are raised about John Elderfield's conflict of interest, and more.
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Weekend Words: Police
This week, it came to light that the tensions between the New York City police force and Mayor Bill de Blasio may be resulting in fewer arrest and virtually no tickets.