How to Stop Working Better
1 DO ONE THING AT A TIME The story goes that the Swiss artist duo Peter Fischli & David Weiss found this list…
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How to Act Ethically in Art
Don’t fuck the curator. Or the artist, the gallerist, the writer, or their editor. Unless, of course, you really want to. And, it almost…
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How To Write a Review
Go see an exhibition at a museum, a gallery, a studio. See a show skywritten above the arroyo, tucked under a bridge, in virtual…
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How to Hang a Picture
A year after losing your apartment to a developer’s wrecking ball, after unpacking all the battered paperback and dented pots, the thrift-store nightstands and…
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How to FOMO: Missing Out On the Fear of Missing Out
Along the long evening avenue of towering hotels during the art fair, you weave through the crowds. Another night. The faces flicker and scatter…
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How to Become a Curator
Develop an interest in a particular area of art, history, or science. Be detail-oriented. Volunteer at a museum or similar institution. Get your undergraduate…
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How To Be an Unprofessional Artist
No one likes being called an amateur, a dilettante, a dabbler. “Unprofessional” is an easy insult. The professional always makes the right moves, knows…
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How to See the Invisible
“An SEP,” he said, “is something that we can’t see, or don’t see, or our brain doesn’t let us see, because we think that…
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How to Art Fair
Nobody likes them. Even if you do enjoy an art fair, it would be gauche to say so. You go because it’s your job….
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How to Read an Art Magazine
Most people don’t. Picture in your head an issue of the most important art magazine in the world: its circulation is less than the…
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