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The Calling Cards of the 1970s and ’80s British CB Radio Subculture
Eyeball Cards: The Art of British CB Radio Culture compiles hundreds of calling cards from the renegade 1970s and ’80s Citizens Band (CB) radio scene.
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11 Great Art and Culture Podcast Episodes of 2017
The compelling cultural storytelling of 2017 podcasts includes the value of hoarding, the gentrification of art districts, and one mysterious skeleton.
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From a Depression-Era Mural to Modern-Day Devices, Charting the Rise of Radio
The centerpiece of the Cooper Hewitt’s The World of Radio exhibition is a rarely seen, 16-foot-long mural that broadcasts moments from the medium’s early history.
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20 Art and Culture Podcast Episodes You Should Hear
From public art as a tool of control to grief in games to the science of color, here are 20 recommended podcast episodes on visual culture.
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A New Independent Radio Station Broadcasts from a Brooklyn Shipping Container
A sliver of land lying on the Williamsburg-Greenpoint border, long a neighborhood mystery home to a lone and enigmatic RV, now hosts a tiny independent radio station broadcasting music to listeners around the world.
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Resuscitating a 1960s Mural Buried in a Scottish Mountain
It’s called the Hollow Mountain, the granite peak of Scotland’s Ben Cruachan, since an incredible cave lies a kilometer below.
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Grayson Perry’s Art World 101
Grayson Perry’s Playing to the Gallery is presented as a beginner’s guide to the machinations of the art world, though it also holds a mirror up to the so-called “certainty freaks” — members of the art world who have an axe to grind or are stubbornly set in their beliefs.