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Vital Acts: On the Public Work of Criticism

Artforum’s new co-editors address the enduring stakes of art writing

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Dialogues and Dreams

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Distress Signals

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Material Matters

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A Spell of Good Things

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Sideways Thoughts

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Immoral Authority

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