July 2011
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The Predatory Lens, Diane Arbus: Humanist or... →
Diane Arbus killed herself, aged 48, on 26 July 1971. On the 40th anniversary of her death, it’s worth reconsidering her artistic legacy. Her work remains problematic for many viewers because she transgressed the traditional boundaries of portraiture, making pictures of circus and sideshow “freaks”, many of whom she formed lasting friendships with.
If Arbus undoubtedly felt at...
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Where Karl Lagerfeld Lives →
Lagerfeld cautions, before giving a tour of his house, “’You will think I’m a madman…I throw everything away!’ he declared. ‘The most important piece of furniture in a house is the garbage can! I keep no archives of my own, no sketches, no photos, no clothes—nothing! I am supposed to do, I’m not supposed to remember!’”
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Two Decades of The Web: A Utopia No Longer →
“The Internet’s early cheerleaders – anti-Hobbesian, hippie utopians, mostly – envisioned cyberspace as an unregulated public square. It’s more like a private mall…”
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Was Andy Warhol's 'Campbell's Soup Cans' inspired... →
As the Pop art work goes on display at MOCA, the question resurfaces: ‘Why soup?’ The answer may be traced to the Abstract Expressionist.
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