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art spaces

Spaces of Art: A Deeper Look at The Factory

In lecture one of 2.2, Pedro mentions Andy Warhol’s factory. He gives it very briefly as a part of a list. The name of the location/place, however, really captivated me, as it sounded mystical almost. Upon deeper research, I found that Andy Warhol’s factory, or “The Factory,” actually refers to three different places between 1962 …

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Collective Art Spaces

I was particularly interested in the Ruangrupa collective in Indonesia, which has recently celebrated 15 years in existence.  One of the projects that the collective encompasses is RURU Gallery, described as ” a contemporary art gallery opened by ruangrupa since 2008 to make room for the work of visual artists, writers, and young curators through six …

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