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The Enigma of Russian Dada

The Enigma of Russian Dada

If art is about the fostering and maintenance of traditions, then the Russians were proposing a kind of anti-art. An exploration of the exhibition catalog, Russian Dada 1914-1924.

Rust Never Sleeps

Rust Never Sleeps

In this installment of Bloombury's Object Lessons, Rabate counters our negative view of rust with a wide variety of examples drawn from philosophy and the arts and sciences, for a convincing argument for the merits of rust.

In Thrall to Genius: Alain Locke and the Harlem Renaissance

In Thrall to Genius: Alain Locke and the Harlem Renaissance

By serving as a midwife to artists, the "Dean of the Harlem Renaissance" Alain Locke would help foster an art that would stand as a midwife to a better future.