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Weekend Reads: A Plague of Plagues

by Whitney Kimball on April 6, 2013
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Maybe it has something to do with the dismal economic forecasts, but it’s been a reflective couple of weeks for the blogosphere. Several members of the community have come back around to familiar issues that continue to thrive in the art world like the plague. For that reason, we’ll be giving their thoughts a second read this weekend.

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Critics Respond to a Call-to-Arms, Here’s What You Need to Know

by Whitney Kimball on January 17, 2013
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Last month, critic Irving Sandler published a call-to-arms on the state of criticism, “Art Criticism Today” in the December-January issue of The Brooklyn Rail. Critics wrote over twenty response essays. Here are the best talking points.

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Going Cold Turkey: Memories From Provincetown

by Paddy Johnson on November 21, 2012
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Loving the leftovers more than the meal is easy, but giving the reasons for this preference is hard.

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Who likes Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years at the Met?

by Leighann Morris on September 24, 2012
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Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years just opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and boy, have critics had a field day, almost universally panning it. With almost 50 works by Warhol and nearly 100 works by artists who have responded to Warhol in some way, the show was bound to cause a stir because really, which artist hasn’t been influenced by Andy Warhol? With this in mind, critics ask: is Regarding Warhol an intelligently curated retrospective that explores important aspects of Warhol’s work, or is Regarding Warhol a celebrity driven, gimmicky attendance boost?

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