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Repository 163: Miami Art Basel Digest | Artist from Mars
As expected Art Basel Miami Beach was a dizzy round robin of art viewing. Out of the 54,569 pieces of art viewed I am thrilled to announce I was able to purchase one piece from an artist which I wrote about last year. I’m over the moon about it, and feel very fortunate his gallery from Columbia was showing his work yet again this year. Some other highlights: 1. Many Donkeys Besides the requisite beach-themed work, or aqua-scented canvases I…
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Repository 161: Art History Book as Checkbook
“Art should make us feel more clearly and more intelligently, it should give us coherent sensations we otherwise would not have had…that is what market culture is killing.” – Robert Hughes I just received the November issue of ArtForum – heavy, and full of art that looks better in the pages of a magazine than any real slice of life or contemplation. Much like a dress looking better in a photograph of a-102 pound model in the streets of…
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