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This week, looted art from Afghanistan, colonizing Mars, Lorraine O'Grady in the spotlight, the notion of the "Muslim world," Fox News as propaganda, and more.
Required Reading
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This week, a little girl discovers a dinosaur footprint, the constructed history of Chandigarh chairs, a brief history of house galleries in Los Angeles, new revelations about the assassination of Malcolm X, 10 images that reveal what we know about Mars, and more.
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This week, NASA lands on Mars, retiring the Group of Seven, the Pentagon's algorithm-driven weapons, the life of Stan Lee, Stonehenge's Welsh origins, and more.
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This week, a newly uncovered Aztec sculpture, hi-res images of the Raphael Cartoons and the Bayeux Tapestry, COVID in Yemen, comedy's alt-right problem, and more.
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This week, how to reform political reporting, the most 2021 rejection ever, how gaming informs QAnon, and more.
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* Earlier this month Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein wrote about the creative class and how eulogies may be premature: While this system produces culture, no one is paid enough, and the rent climbs ever upward. I once worked an art fair with a kindly but grizzled art handler who told me that he’
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This week, Dennis Cooper, white savior cinema, the maker of Bernie's mittens, a decolonial Qur’an, Ishmael Reed, and more.
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This week, Lorna Simpson's Rihanna collages, a fascism historian gives us some perspective, unlocking Bitcoins, Lou Stovall, archived Parler videos from the DC insurrection, and more.
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This week, lessons from Minneapolis, Leonora Carrington's novel, spoofing US news, banner year for psychics, danish kids' TV, and more.
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This week, considering the work of Joe Sacco, don't be this artist, indigenous architecture in the US, the NY Times's ISIS fan-fic, and more.
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This week, Langston Hughes's Xmas postcards, why we need a Latinx museum, disability in art conservation, the world's most stolen painting, and more.
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This week, queer Black art utopias, search engines are a problem, radiators and pandemics, a bad fortune cookie art project, Pornhub's rape problem, and more.