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Interview With Andrea Fraser On The State Of The Arts

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 03.23.2012

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For the past 80 years, the Whitney Biennial has introduced to the public the undercurrents running through contemporary art. This year, the Biennial f...

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PHOTO: Unknown Caravaggio Painting Discovered

Posted 08.21.2011

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London art historian and dealer Clovis Whitfield claims to have identified a previously unrecognized painting by early 17th-century master Caravaggio....

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25 Overlooked Political Books Of 2011

Anis Shivani | Posted 08.08.2011

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Anis Shivani

Can Detroit be saved? What are the myths of green energy? What can we learn from the boggled reconstruction of Iraq? Are we going to share a future of biometric surveillance? Just how did white middle-class Americans start identifying themselves as outsiders?

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Joe DiMaggio And Marilyn Monroe Photo Blocked From Book Jacket

New York Daily News | Gatecrasher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Engelberg, who became the executor of DiMaggio's estate when the baseball star died in 1999 - and, in the process, the zealous gatekeeper of Joltin' J...

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The 17 Most Innovative University Presses

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anis Shivani

Following our spotlight of independent literary presses, here is a special feature devoted to the most exciting university presses in the country. ...

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Muzzle Tov, Southwestern College & Your 'Free Speech Patio'!

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Greg Lukianoff

Congratulations to the administration, and President Raj K. Chopra, of Southwestern College (SWC) in Southern California for being awarded a 2010 Jefferson Muzzle Award for achievement in censorship!

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El Museo del Barrio: Fifth Avenue on Fire

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...

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Yale Chickens Out On Academic Freedom

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sandy Goodman

A book entitled The Cartoons That Shook The World is being published without any of the cartoons in the book. It's the latest in a long series of Western reactions to violent threats to freedom of expression.

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