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Letters from our readers

by the Editors September 1, 2008

Estimable Museum Builder I checked my mail on campus last night and, to my delight, discovered Bond Huberman’s interview with that grand lady of Seattle arts, Barbara Thomas (“Instructions Not Included,” August). Thank you for City Arts....

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See Saw

by Jen Graves September 1, 2008

Marcel Duchamp and Me vs. 50 Years of Art History and 17 College Students Marcel Duchamp, artist, New York, January 31, 1958 The first image I showed them was Richard Avedon’s photograph of Marcel Duchamp rubbing his eyes. Duchamp, I told...

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The Big Picture: The 2008 Mayor’s Arts Awards winners

by Tim Appelo September 1, 2008

Photography by Jennifer Richard How Do You Get a Mayor’s Arts Award? Have a Vision. And Practice. Mayor Greg Nickels’s favorite painter is Jacob Lawrence. Mozart is his favorite composer, though Tales of Hoffmann is the opera he loves most; it...