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My Economy

How a “gap year” away from the gig economy changed this artist’s life

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jan 12, 2022
“Time became the thing we identified as the ultimate privilege,” said Atiya Jones, a visual artist in Pittsburgh.
Atiya Jones rides a horse in New Mexico during her grant-funded "gap year." "My work is deeply inspired by the things I see," she said.
Courtesy Atiya Jones
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Listeners “care about community and humanity of the music," says Pitchfork’s Patel

by Kai Ryssdal , Anais Amin and Sean McHenry
Dec 15, 2021
The editor in chief of the music site talks about virality versus hooks, how musicians make a living and the future of criticism.
Musicians have had to find new venues since the pandemic started, and the growth of the labor movement has affected the music industry, said Puja Patel, editor in chief of Pitchfork.
Ethan Miller via Getty Images
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Making art more affordable with lessons from '60s-era Multiples, Inc.

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson , Rose Conlon and Alex Schroeder
Jan 12, 2021
The idea is that more copies of a given work makes art more accessible to a wider range of people with varying incomes.
Tacita Dean, a British artist, pictured here in 2018. Dean has created 50 different multiples, each remade 100 times, during the pandemic.
Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Royal Academy of Arts
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COVID-19

Hundreds of small music venues are struggling to stay open

by Erika Beras
Jan 11, 2021
Live music venues have largely gone dark during the pandemic, along with the economies of many historically vibrant music scenes throughout the country.
The closed Roxy nightclub and music venue on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. With many performance venues shuttered, musicians have fewer opportunities to develop their sound.
Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images
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Musician-writer Dessa on what happens when artists' gigs go away

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 30, 2020
"What are we supposed to do when we've got to stay apart?" said musician and writer Dessa.
“I think we are gonna have this big boom of art in the next few months as people are hunkering down over their keyboards,” Dessa says.
Sara Fish
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Affordable housing plan is music to the ears of artists

by Nadege Green
Jun 24, 2019
Homeownership gives creatives a place to live and work.
Christina Pritchard in the townhouse
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Shelf Life

It's a good time to buy art made by women

by Phoebe Unterman and Maria Hollenhorst
Sep 24, 2018
Their work has historically been undervalued.
"Mister Blue," the work on the right, is by Lee Krasner, one of the main artists discussed in Mary Gabriel's new book. It was shown at the Ordovas gallery in London in 2016.
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Rapper Dessa on hard truths about life as a touring artist

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Sep 18, 2018
"I have earned the dark circles this year," she says.
Dessa is a touring musician and a member of the Minneapolis based hip-hop collective Doomtree.
Chad Kamenshine/Courtesy of Dessa Wander
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"Undocumented" is a picture book that's not just for kids

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 9, 2018
Author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh looks at the plight of undocumented workers in the United States.
The cover of "Undocumented: A Worker's Fight" by Duncan Tonatiuh.
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight, by Duncan Tonatiuh © Abrams ComicArts, 2018
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That $100 million Leonardo da Vinci painting might not even be by Leonardo da Vinci

by David Brancaccio
Nov 15, 2017
But art critic Blake Gopnik explains why that might not be the right question to ask.
A view of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, which could rake in more than $100 million tonight at auction.
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