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Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
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This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
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rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
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Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
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In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
It's a natural history museum, so they have giant dinosaurs!
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…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
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I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
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