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George W. Bush’s Aristocratic “Art”
hyperallergic: George W. Bush’s Aristocratic Outsider “Art” The George W. Bush Presidential Center is to host an exhibition of the man’s paintings (image via Wikipedia) An old college friend once rented a townhouse in Dupont Circle in Washington, DC, from a retired spook who, in his later years, had taken up the avocation of painting.…
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Why the Internet Will Soon Be Two-Tiered
Why the Internet Will Soon Be Two-Tiered When it comes to accessing the Internet, mobile-phone networks are of particular importance to marginalized communities, including people of color and those with lower incomes. A recent Pew survey found that a full 21 percent of cell phone owners in the United States mostly use their phones to…
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Congressmen Propose National Resale Royalty Act for Artists
hyperallergic: The seal of the US Copyright Office (via Wikimedia) US Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Ed Markey (D-MA) and Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) have introduced a bill that would give visual artists royalties on the resale of their work, or droit de suite, Congress announced this afternoon. The bill is called the American Royalties, Too…
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killscreen: The Getty breaks down this amazingly terrible game about colonization. How to Colonize (for Kids!), as explained by this 20th century French board game: Hoist the French flag onto your newfound soil Build a hospital Erect a school Open your harbor Reap the benefits of rich natural resources from around the world and sail…
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babycastles: We’re excited to announce a month-long pop-up arcade at the Ace Hotel! The Armory Show partnered with the Ace Hotel to put together a free, open to the public installation and we are so excited to have been invited to be a part of this. The exhibit is called Art Video Games in China and was…