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Best of 2017: Arts & Culture Writing

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Julius Eastman’s Guerrilla Minimalism
Julius Eastman’s Guerrilla Minimalism0.0

The composer, whose brazen and brilliant music was all but forgotten at century’s end, is finally getting his due.

MTV
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MTV brings viewers the best in lifestyle and competition reality shows, plus live events featuring the biggest names in entertainment.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: What It Has Meant to Me This Season
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: What It Has Meant to Me This Season0.0

A personal essay about Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and its depiction of mental illness.

Censorship, Not the Painting, Must Go: On Dana Schutz’s Image of Emmett Till
Censorship, Not the Painting, Must Go: On Dana Schutz’s Image of Emmett Till0.0

Presuming that calls for censorship and destruction constitute a legitimate response to perceived injustice leads us down a very dark path.

How the Sandwich Consumed Britain
How the Sandwich Consumed Britain0.0

The long read: The world-beating British sandwich industry is worth £8bn a year. It transformed the way we eat lunch, then did the same for breakfast – and now it’s coming for dinner

Get Real
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Art sees itself as facing a crisis of legitimation – can this account for claims to 'authenticity' being made in shows such as documenta 14?

The Two Voices of Whitney Houston
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Doreen St. Félix writes about Whitney Houston’s dual persona and troubled life, and about “Whitney: Can I Be Me?,” a documentary about the pop star.

The most hated poet in Portland
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One tweet turned Collin Andrew Yost into a joke. Could he survive it?

Of Women, Men and Ballet in the 21st Century (Published 2017)
Of Women, Men and Ballet in the 21st Century (Published 2017)0.0

Our chief dance critic asks whether ballet can express a modern view of the sexes.