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03/03/2021

My Father Through Mann’s Eyes

Anthony Mann's and Cormac McCarthy's west

by Greg Gerke

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06/27/2019

When Gekko Collects Art

The intersection of art and finance

by Stoyan V. Sgourev

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10/04/2018

Sparing No Pains

The abiding consciousness of Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others

by Sean Hooks

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05/10/2018

Conspiracy Theory As Art

Untangling Sinofuturism

by Scott Beauchamp

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09/08/2015

Pretty Nice

Meditating on the word "pretty"

by Elisa Gabbert

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08/04/2015

Face Value

Why should the look of fashion be the opposite of joy? Against RBF on the runway.

by Paula Marantz Cohen

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02/21/2012

A Portrait of the Merchant as an Important Man

Murder of the Renaissance

by James Polchin

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10/31/2011

Creative Class

Picasso’s sketches

by James Polchin

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09/07/2011

A Question of Timing

Ruins in the Modern Day

by Morgan Meis

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03/16/2011

This Is Your Brain on Art

Can neuroscience explain art?

by Morgan Meis

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