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‘It’s An Artist’s Job to Bear Witness’: Why Marc Quinn Is Turning Screenshots of Coronavirus News Coverage Into Gigantic Works of Art

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May 27, 2020
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‘It’s An Artist’s Job to Bear Witness’: Why Marc Quinn Is Turning Screenshots From the News Into Splashy and Enormous Works of Art

May 27, 2020
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Everyone has their own way of keeping track of time during lockdown. Like many artists who have been throwing themselves into their work, UK artist Marc Quinn is no exception. Since the lockdown began in mid-March, the YBA artist best known for putting pints of his blood into a sculpted bust of his own head has...

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Steve Bannon’s School for Far-Right Populists Can’t Be Evicted From an 800-Year-Old Italian Monastery, a Court Rules

May 27, 2020
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Steve Bannon’s far-right Judeo-Christian organization has won the latest legal battle in its quest to establish a school at an 800-year-old mountaintop monastery in Italy. But now, the Italian Ministry of Culture, which has sought to oust the organization for over a year now, is hitting back with criminal charges. Following a hearing held earlier...

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