YouTube at 20: From ‘Lazy Sunday’ to ‘Hot Ones’

YouTube at 20: From ‘Lazy Sunday’ to ‘Hot Ones’

The video is short — just 19 seconds — and not particularly compelling. A viewer would be forgiven for clicking away before it ends. The grainy footage, uploaded on April 23, 2005, of a man standing in front of the elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo — “All right, …

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At This Architectural Gem, an Artist Was Present. Horses, Too.

At This Architectural Gem, an Artist Was Present. Horses, Too.

One of the most anticipated events of an overstuffed Mexico City Art Week earlier this month promised to be a surreal collision of architecture, performance art, power, privilege — and horses. Marina Abramovic, the grandmother of performance art, would be presenting her latest works (though she would dispute recognizing them …

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