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What Do You Do When a Tornado Destroys All of Your Art?
What Do You Do When a Tornado Destroys All of Your Art?
By Justin Glawe
November 25, 2013

A tornado destroyed the Johnson’s home in Washington, Illinois, and with it, most of their art.

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Time Pieces: Horology, Chronology, Cartography and Home
Time Pieces: Horology, Chronology, Cartography and Home
By Manjula Martin
October 11, 2013

After viewing 20 hours of Christian Marclay’s “The Clock,” a writer explores the cities, images and timepieces that construct her remembered past.

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And Every Day Was Overcast
And Every Day Was Overcast
By Paul Kwiatkowski
October 09, 2013

Among the strip malls and swamps of South Florida, a teenager struggles with the violence of everyday life.

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Make Something Offensive: An Interview with Social Malpractice Publishing
Make Something Offensive: An Interview with Social Malpractice Publishing
By Elizabeth Karp-Evans
October 07, 2013

Social Malpractice Publishing, an independent press from Portland, talks about the NY ART BOOK FAIR, pissing people off & Oprah.

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The Political Economy of Zombies
The Political Economy of Zombies
By John Powers
September 17, 2013

Over the past few years, the zombie apocalypse has come to represent an alternative to neoliberalism — an ideology that admits no alternatives.

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Strange Finds: “Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head & Other Drawings”
Strange Finds: “Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head & Other Drawings”
By jake goldman
August 20, 2013

A collection of absurd, irreverent one-panel cartoons reminiscent of The Far Side — but this book came first

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Curation Nation: Jay Z, Made in America & the Death of the Curator
Curation Nation: Jay Z, Made in America & the Death of the Curator
By Ian Bourland
August 19, 2013

From menus to music festivals, everything today is “curated” — so what does “curated” even mean?

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Minimalism and Yeezus
Minimalism and Yeezus
By Ian Bourland
August 09, 2013

Kanye West claims he's “a minimalist in a rapper’s body,” but is Yeezus really an heir to minimalism?

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It’s a Trap! Star Wars and Pseudomorphism
It’s a Trap! Star Wars and Pseudomorphism
By Ian Bourland
August 08, 2013

These aren’t the connections between Star Wars and art you’re looking for.

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Jay Z and Kanye West: Too Cultured for Rap?
Jay Z and Kanye West: Too Cultured for Rap?
By Dolapo Ladeinde
August 07, 2013

Jay Z and Kanye West may have gone from the block to the Basel, but have they alienated their core audience along the way?

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