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NO ESCAPING THAT
Cheryl Donegan Takes the High Line

“What is art?” asked Baudelaire. “Prostitution?” His question underlines the tenuous power dynamics between artist and viewer in the modern age.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?
Anna Rose Holmer’s The Fits

In Anna Rose Holmer’s directorial début, The Fits, the maturing female body is the site of illness. I

LAND OF LIBERTY
Roberto Minervini’s The Other Side

Robert Frank’s travels through America resulted in one of the most important photo collections in our nation’s history. Along the way, he took pictures of smokestacks, lunch counters, sidewalks, TV sets, and urinals.

IDEAS AS IMAGES
Thom Andersen’s The Thoughts That Once We Had

Thom Andersen’s The Thoughts That Once We Had opens with a series of epigraphs.

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JUNE 2016

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