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Art Basel Miami Beach Returns With Smoke and Mirrors

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June Jordan’s Utopian Vision for Harlem

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An unidentified disease (“Disease X”) in the Democratic Republic of Congo has...

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A View From the Easel

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Vintage Hand-Drawn VHS Labels

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Friend or Faux?

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32 Rules for Flying Now. Like: “This should go without saying, but...

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Hyperallergic Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian Wins Rabkin Lifetime Achievement Award

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Reminder: Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is playing at IMAX screens around the country...

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The average brightness of car headlights on US roads has doubled since...

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Any Suggestions for the Gift Guide?

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Einar and Jamex de la Torre’s Monumental Glass Assemblages Hurtle Through ‘Collidoscope’

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You Have Not Died of Dysentery. “It’s a version of Oregon Trail...

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A playlist of the 100 most streamed songs on Spotify. The current...

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In the Wake of the Water

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Strange beasts

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Three Generations Grow Closer Over Traditional Vietnamese Cuisine in ‘Spring Roll Dream’

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The order of anarchy

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Who owns your words?

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Explore an Online Archive of 2,100+ Rare Illustrations from Charles Dickens’ Novels

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The BBC Creates Step-by-Step Instructions for Knitting the Iconic Dr. Who Scarf: A Document from the Early 1980s

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The Journalist Who the Nazis Could Not Silence

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Ken Burns’ Documentary on Leonardo da Vinci

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10 NYC Art Shows to See in December

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Our Art-World Version of Spotify Wrapped

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The 25 Best Films of 2024

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The Savage Beauty That Emerges From Loss

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Colossal’s Favorite Art Books of 2024

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Venice Biennale Names Koyo Kouoh as Its New Curator

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Crater on Mercury Named After Sculptor Ruth Asawa

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Protesters Denounce Tate’s Ties to Israel During Turner Prize Ceremony

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Black Earth

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Rob Stephenson is currently visiting and photographing all 350 neighborhoods in NYC....

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On Slowing Down to Cook

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The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won. “Why do so...

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Inside the Vatican’s Secret Saint-Making Process

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Jesus, this story about an IVF clinic mix-up… “Two couples in California...

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In Chicago, an Expansive Exhibition Offers a New Vision of Himalayan Art

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The 2024 Kottke Holiday Gift Guide

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Aerial Embroideries by Victoria Rose Richards Teem with Harmonious Detail

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Bloomberg Businessweek’s Jealousy List for 2024, “We’ve asked our editors & contributors...

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A universal “Plug and Charge” framework for EV charging is rolling out...

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The Struggle for Land, Reparations, and Belonging in California

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Frozen in time

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Elites (vs. elitism)

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Scientists Discover that Ancient Egyptians Drank Hallucinogenic Cocktails from 2,300 Year-Old Mug

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Édouard Manet Illustrates Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, in a French Edition Translated by Stephane Mallarmé (1875)

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Guantánamo Bay and the Art of Resistance

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Trippy Extreme Close-Ups of Everyday Objects

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Carrying On the Legacy of Trailblazing Curator Maurice Berger

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