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Louise Bourgeois on Art, Integrity, the Trap of False Humility, and the Key to Creative Confidence
Louise Bourgeois on Art, Integrity, the Trap of False Humility, and the Key to Creative Confidence

“To be an artist is a guarantee to your fellow humans that the wear and tear of living will not let you become a murderer.”

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The World’s Oldest Living Things: A Decade-Long Photographic Masterpiece at the Intersection of Art, Science, and Philosophy
The World’s Oldest Living Things: A Decade-Long Photographic Masterpiece at the Intersection of Art, Science, and Philosophy

What a 13,000-year-old eucalyptus tree reveals about the meaning of human life.

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How to Make a Ricky Board: A Creative Exercise from David Lynch
How to Make a Ricky Board: A Creative Exercise from David Lynch

An avant-garde reminder that it’s all in a name.

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This Explains Everything: 192 Thinkers on the Most Elegant Theory of How the World Works
This Explains Everything: 192 Thinkers on the Most Elegant Theory of How the World Works

“The greatest pleasure in science comes from theories that derive the solution to some deep puzzle from a small set of simple principles in a surprising way.”

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Reconfiguring Reality: An Atlas of Alternative Maps by Ed Ruscha, Yoko Ono, Damien Hirst, John Maeda, Kevin Kelly, John Baldessari, and Other Icons
Reconfiguring Reality: An Atlas of Alternative Maps by Ed Ruscha, Yoko Ono, Damien Hirst, John Maeda, Kevin Kelly, John Baldessari, and Other Icons

“Maps are errors to arrive at truth.”

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How to Block a Surveillance Camera: A DIY Art Tutorial from Ai Weiwei
How to Block a Surveillance Camera: A DIY Art Tutorial from Ai Weiwei

A wine opener usage George Orwell would approve of.

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Do It: 20 Years of Famous Artists’ Irreverent Instructions for Art Anyone Can Make
Do It: 20 Years of Famous Artists’ Irreverent Instructions for Art Anyone Can Make

“Art is something that you encounter and you know it’s in a different kind of space from the rest of your life, but is directly connected to it.”

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7 Essential Collections of Conversations with Cultural Icons
7 Essential Collections of Conversations with Cultural Icons

Inside our era’s greatest minds, or what Nelson Mandela has to do with the fringes of the art world.

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