The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing

The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing

From former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art

What is the work of art? In …

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