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Maya Lin: Still Breathtaking

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT MAYA LIN THAT MAKES SO MANY OTHER ARTISTS SEEM… IRRELEVANT? While not as monumental as her Vietnam Veterans Memorial, nor as sweeping as her Storm King-based “Bodies of Water,” her “2 x 4 Landscape” installation at … Continue reading

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This is your brain on drugs

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Our trip to the Brooklyn Museum–the second largest art museum in the United States–was wildly successful (see below), but the new facade, designed by the firm of Cresson, Cresson, Cresson & Asshole, still vexes us. We don’t know much about … Continue reading

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Tanned Torsos and Spam (sigh).

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Recharger has always asked himself the following: how can anyone with a pile of cash take a whole aircraft carrier–a floating city packed with an intriguing number of gay sailors and a terrifying array of futuristic weaponry designed to wipe … Continue reading

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