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“The Banksy Effect” or, why I’m still pissed off at the Barnes Foundation
I seem to have a lot of competing emotions when I think about art. I guess that’s the whole point of great art – to make you feel the full […]
The world does not fit in a song
Four days ago, the winners of the 55th Grammy awards were announced, and the music industry celebrated this year’s finest contributions to music in eighty-one unique categories. I thought it timely to discuss the highly-problematic category of “world music”, which […]
Baudouin Mouanda’s joyful Africa
From January 25-March 2, 2013 M.I.A. Gallery in Seattle will be exhibiting works by Baudouin Mouanda, a photographer from the Republic of the Congo famous for documenting the sapeur lifestyle of […]
Anglospheric Disturbance 