Contemporary Classics

Contemporary Classics

Jeremy Deller’s Rainbow Poster Gets Straight to the Point, But Is it Enough?

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A Giant Bouncing Belly Captured the Spirit of Noughties Advertising

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Jordan Casteel Celebrates Black Experience Away from the Pain of Inequality

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Is Beyoncé‘s Sumptuous Homecoming a Template for Pandemic-Proof Culture?

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Lil Nas X’s Neon Cowboy Was as Transient as It Was Daring

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Anish Kapoor’s High Art Helter Skelter Is a Symbol of London’s Displacement

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Fitzcarraldo Editions’ Design Makes Literary Fiction a Must-Have Accessory

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Mat Collishaw Casts the Isolating Experiences of Motherhood in a New Light

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Orwellian Voyeurism or Social Experiment? How Big Brother Changed Everything

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Calm Amidst a Storm: The Defiant Impact of an Iconic Protest Image

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Crisis by Donald Rodney Confronted the “Disease” of Police Brutality in 1989

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Chatroulette Defined a Distanced Era of Awkward Zoom Chats and Dick Pics

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Jiab Prachakul’s Candid Portrait Evokes the Sociable World We All Miss

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In Richard Mosse’s Pink Congo, Death Is More Than Just a Number

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Is Your Face Still Your Own in the Digital Boom of Social Distancing?

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Pipilotti Rist Undercuts Modern Femininity With Dreamlike Rebellion

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Theaster Gates’ Uplifting Portrait of Human Connection Goes Beyond Race

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ASMR Videos Offer Intimate Connection in this Time of Self-Isolation

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This Beat is Super-Yonic: Janelle Monáe’s PYNK Heralded the Age of the Vulva

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Domestic Bliss? How The Sims Made a Virtue of Staying In

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Art or Commerce? Supreme and the Unholy Power of an Iconic Logo

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This Is What Labour Looks Like Around the World

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How Did Furbies, Cute Emblem of Nineties Nostalgia, Get So Evil?

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This Adorable Video Game Reflects Our Contemporary Anxieties