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The greatest pep talk in art history
Plus, an important announcement about Worm Zoom
May 19
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Mason Currey
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Agnes Martin’s handwritten list of every job she ever had
“also raised rabbits and ducks”
Apr 7
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Mason Currey
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Faith Ringgold’s exuberant pragmatism
Portable paintings—and a very expensive mistake for artists
Apr 29, 2024
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Mason Currey
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Melly Shum Forever
“Every city needs a monument to the problem of hating one’s job.”
Mar 4, 2024
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Mason Currey
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Living with art stops one wilting!
Letters from the late Austrian artist Maria Lassnig
Aug 21, 2023
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Mason Currey
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Van Gogh’s advice to a young artist
“In order to write a book, do a deed, paint a picture with some life in it, one has to be alive oneself.”
Aug 7, 2023
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Mason Currey
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The mantra issue
Smooth as butter
Jul 24, 2023
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Mason Currey
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The artist’s life is the hardest life of all?
“Everything up in the air and working hopeless"
Jul 10, 2023
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Mason Currey
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The truest thing I’ve ever read about making art
From the British painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling
May 15, 2023
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Mason Currey
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Three tales of creative slowness
“A week is nothing, one thinks one can do so much in a week”
Apr 3, 2023
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Mason Currey
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“Think today, done tomorrow”
Martin Kippenberger’s extravagant life
Sep 19, 2022
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Mason Currey
65
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Claes Oldenburg was always starting from scratch
“It’s terrifying to do it this way, but it’s always a great pleasure if it works.”
Jul 25, 2022
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Mason Currey
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