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A series of evening auctions held in London during the Frieze art fair at the three main houses—Phillips, Sotheby’s, and Christie’s—provided more evidence of a market contraction, with sales down a remarkable 20 percent compared to the same ones held last year. Together, the three houses pulled in a collective £139 million ($168 million) with […]
Two researchers have stumbled upon an 8,200-year-old campsite formerly covered by sand dunes at the Holloman Air Force Base just outside of Alamogordo, New Mexico. While driving past the side of a roadcut, the geomorphologists from the University of Arizona noticed “an unusual rock sticking out,” a spokesperson from the base explained over email. Upon […]
Daniel Clowes’s new book Monica recounts the life of its titular character from cradle to grave, but in ways so strange and sardonic that it could only come from the mind of the singular cartoonist. Typical of a Clowes joint, the graphic novel bears his signature blend of pathos and pitch-black humor, woven through with […]