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Ecology, Empire, Emoji: The Bittersweet Story of the Ancient Plant That Originated the Heart Symbol

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Steven Durland, Champion of Performance Art, Dies at 75

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Israeli Pavilion Artist Made Legal Threats Before Venice Biennale Jury Resigned

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A supercut of context-free intertitles from Adam Curtis...

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10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This May

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Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on How to Live with Our Human Fragility

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New episode of Great Art Explained on Francis Bacon ....

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Pythagoras on the Purpose of Life and the Meaning of Wisdom

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Remembering Georg Baselitz, Nicole Hollander, and Doris Fisher

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20 years ago: a guy interviewing for an IT job gets...

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Jon Krakauer writes about what has changed about...

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Luscious Hair Sculptures Sprout Like Branches in a Symbiotic Exhibition

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Infants are dying because parents are opting-out of...

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My pal Matt Haughey recut the first season of Apple...

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Shoot the Shit With Jack Kerouac

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How Fatinha Ramos Channels ‘Visual Activism’ in Her Richly Layered Illustrations

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What Will It Take to Get AI Out of Schools?

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Hundreds Protest Israel’s “Genocide Pavilion” at Venice Biennale

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Steel And Shadows Converge in “Larry Kagan: Men”

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NASA Just Dropped More Than 12,000 Photos from the Artemis II Mission

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Pussy Riot and Topless Activists Rally Against Russian Pavilion at Venice Biennale

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The Voice That Revealed a Planet

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Inside the Enhanced Games, Where Athletes Compete on Steroids. And Growth Hormones. And Adderall.

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Sarnevesht (Daughter)

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Art Workers Plan Venice Biennale Strike

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Your work diary

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1,000 Years of Medieval European History in 20 Minutes

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Confidence: The Cartoon That Helped America Get Through the Great Depression (1933)

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Embodiment and the (Re)invention of Emoji, from the Aztecs to Humboldt and Darwin to AI

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