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The Unexpected Satisfactions of Going to Las Vegas
The Unexpected Satisfactions of Going to Las Vegas

In my 12-hour jaunt through Sin City, I’d never felt more cradled, respected, and anonymous in my life. Las Vegas returns a degree of grace and dignity to being called a tourist.

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Art and Culture, Critique, Travel GuidesBen Yamin Schmidtthe cosmopolitan, las vegas, hotel, Las Vegas nevada, nevada, travel, document, story, casino, gambling, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Resort., resort, relax, spend, money, layover in las vegasComment
Art Review: Ouroboros by Machine Dazzle at The University of Michigan Museum of Art
Art Review: Ouroboros by Machine Dazzle at The University of Michigan Museum of Art

Curiously suspended yet completely present, a new installation at the University of Michigan Museum of Art is Machine Dazzle at his most progressive, aware, and fun.

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Art and Culture, CritiqueBen Yamin SchmidtMachine Dazzle, Ouroboros, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The University of Michigan, UMMA, art gallery, Art Review, Roman J. Witt Residency, Irving Stenn Jr. Family Gallery, Penny Stamps Speaker SeriesComment
A Visual Critique of Warhol's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, 1964
A Visual Critique of Warhol's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, 1964
Trending Story, Art and Culture, CritiqueBen Yamin SchmidtShot Sage Blue Marilyn, Blue Marilyn, shot marilyns, Shot Marilyn, andy warhol, warhol, expensive painting, pop art, warhol christies, christies sale, dead art, andy warhol critique, art critique, warhol marilyn, warhol marilyn critque, warhol marilyn meaning, marilyns meaning, warhol meaning, benjamin schmidt, Shot Orange Marilyn, marilyn monroe painting, marilyn painting, warhol art meaning, marilyn art meaningComment
Where The Avant-Garde Lives Today: Andrei Ujică's '2 Pasolini' and Artavazd Peleshian's 'La Nature' Premier at NYFF59
Where The Avant-Garde Lives Today: Andrei Ujică's '2 Pasolini' and Artavazd Peleshian's 'La Nature' Premier at NYFF59
Art and Culture, Film and Music, CritiqueBen Yamin Schmidt2 Pasolini, Andrei Ujică, Artavazd Peleshian, La Nature, 59th Annual New York Film Festival, New York Film Festival, nyff, Sopraluoghi in Palestina, The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Pier Paolo Pasolini, The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Vremena goda, russian montage, montage film, found footage, avant-garde film, The Seasons, Life, Peleshian the seasons, Peleshian life, Armenian filmmaker, soviet film, soviet montage, soviet avant-garde, montage movie, film review, 2 Pasolini review, la nature, Nature, Cartier art, peleshian cartier, Artavazd Peleshyan, peleshyan, Armenian film, ArmenianComment