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A Funhouse Mirror Telling of Canadian History

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel December 10, 2020

The Twentieth Century is a surreal, irreverent anti-biopic of Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.

Posted inNews

“College of Grievance Studies”: A Satirical Illustration of a Fake University Lights Up the Internet

by Sarah Rose Sharp May 15, 2020May 15, 2020

From a “Cuck Zone” to a Karl Marx fountain, a satirical illustration of a liberal arts campus by Chelsea Saunders is making its rounds on the internet.

Posted inNews

Designers Want to Build Golden Wall Around Mar-a-Lago to “Keep the ‘Bad Guys’ In”

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber January 15, 2019

A Chicago-based firm has launched a satirical campaign to build a border wall replica around the Mar-A-Lago. They will donate all proceeds to the International Refugee Assistance Program.

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The Powerful Art of Satire, from Aristophanes to Today

Avatar photo by Elisa Wouk Almino April 25, 2018

At the Brooklyn Museum, a group of artists will trace the influence of political satire to the great ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes.

Posted inArt

Disarming North Korea With Pizza and Sports

by Paul D'Agostino October 21, 2017January 4, 2021

What could Dennis Rodman, kimchee pizza, and the Olympic Committee do for world peace?

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Political Cartoons from a Golden Age of British Satire

by Jillian Steinhauer June 19, 2015June 19, 2015

In late 18th-century Britain, etched cartoons and caricatures abounded, poking fun at kings, noblemen, society ladies, French revolutionaries, the institution of marriage, and countless other people and things.

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Brilliant Illustrations Ridicule Modern Vice

by Laura C. Mallonee December 25, 2014January 23, 2017

The old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words finds substance in the illustrations of John Holcroft.

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Dealer to Collector: Your Art Sucks

by The Editors October 10, 2014October 13, 2014

The following “correspondence” was sent to us anonymously, and we publish it here as an archival document indicating the state of collector/dealer relationships in the 21st century.

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Five Rules for (Kinda) Viewing Art

by Jillian Steinhauer October 3, 2014

Art critic Philip Kennicott published a guide to viewing art in the Washington Post this week. Lovely and thoughtful though it is, parts of it just seemed sort of … old-fashioned, you know?

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Not at the New York Galleries

by John Seed September 4, 2014September 7, 2014

For your reading pleasure: six short reviews of nonexistent shows, none of which are actually on view in New York this week.

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Better Than Performance Art

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian August 29, 2014

On Wednesday, artist Jayson Musson tweeted “lol this performance art scene in She’s All That is better than real performance art,” and his 84 characters opened the flood gates of memory for me.

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I Am Joe Scanlan

by Ryan Wong June 17, 2014June 19, 2014

Now that the Whitney Biennial is over and the critical debate around it has subsided, I feel it’s time to put this project to rest: I created Joe Scanlan.

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