{"id":2488,"date":"2008-09-18T07:37:35","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T11:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2008-09-18T07:37:35","modified_gmt":"2008-09-18T11:37:35","slug":"waiting-for-the-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/waiting-for-the-eclipse","title":{"rendered":"Waiting for the eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t slept well lately, so I assume my fourth estate alter ego has been working overtime on plumbing my mind for good arts articles. What’s in today’s edition of the Official Newspaper of Gil Roth<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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  1. a walking tour of the architecture of Park Slope<\/a>,<\/li>\n
  2. a review of an exhibition on the origins of abstract painting in America<\/a>,<\/li>\n
  3. what we draw about when we draw Babar<\/a>,<\/li>\n
  4. Van Gogh: just because<\/a>,<\/li>\n
  5. and the coup de grace: the history (and sales record) of a possibly fictitious acolyte of Andy Warhol<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I guess this means I’ll get better nights of sleep once the Sun<\/em> closes up shop, but my arts life is going to be a lot less interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I haven’t slept well lately, so I assume my fourth estate alter ego has been working overtime on plumbing my mind for good arts articles. What’s in today’s edition of the Official Newspaper of Gil Roth? a walking tour of the architecture of Park Slope, a review of an exhibition on the origins of abstract … <\/p>\n

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