The Round-Up: The British Museum's Crisis, A.I. Art on Trial, and Dealer Beef in Montauk

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Are We Entering a Post-Individual Era of Art?

The New Museum opens its new building this week. And it’s doing so with a big show called “New Humans: Memories of the Future,” about how artists rethought what it means to be human through technology. It’s a topic on a lot of people’s minds. Among the many artists whose visions ...  Show more

Kim Gordon Was Always an Artist First

Kim Gordon—artist, musician, writer, and co-founder of the iconic rock band Sonic Youth—is one of the most restlessly creative figures in American culture. Over the past four decades moved between mediums with an ease that few can achieve. She published her memoir Girl in a Band ...  Show more

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