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Laura Owens’ Liberating Take on Talent, Mistakes and Finding A Space of Personal Freedom

In a recent profile in the New Yorker of artist Laura Owens, we found some really liberating ideas about talent, painting and the BEST take on making mistakes we’ve seen. 

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what are you waiting for?

The Whitney Museum recently sponsored a public art project with artist Gary Simmons. To make the project, teens collected responses to the question, “What are you waiting for?” from their classmates and the larger community. The handwritten scraps of paper were then photographed, printed, and wheatpasted onto a wall, creating a layered, complex, and sometimes…

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