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Andrew Durbin
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Editor-in-Chief, frieze. Book about Peter Hujar and Paul Thek forthcoming from FSG and Granta in 2026. More writing here: andrew-durbin.com. London/New York.
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W.G. Sebald
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Including some solid advice from Allen Ginsberg
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Very excited to go see Ira Sachs's Peter Hujar's Day, with Ben Wishaw as Hujar. Almost as excited as I am to be publishing @andrew-durbin.bsky.social's magisterial dual biography of Hujar & Paul Thek.

THE WONDERFUL WORLD THAT ALMOST WAS: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek (April 2026)
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Proud to publish this thoughtful review of Peter Hujar's Day by Hujar expert and man of good taste @andrew-durbin.bsky.social
This May Have Been Life | Andrew Durbin
There are only a few surviving recordings of the photographer Peter Hujar’s voice. In the portion of his archive at the Morgan Library in New York, a
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November 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Celia Paul in London
March 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Celia Paul, open now at Victoria Miro in London
March 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Spring is coming and the American world is ending 🌷
March 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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“Canada is not known to be a major source of fentanyl, or other synthetic opioids.
Last year,U.S.Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted about 19 kilograms of fentanyl at the northern border,compared with almost 9,600 kilograms at the border with Mexico”

19 kilos. Trump is such a jackass.
February 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
robert f. kennedy jr. submits his application to harvard university. his application is, in its entirety, a single page with his name "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

he is accepted immediately.
January 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Joseph Kosuth
January 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Who likes Linda Rosenkrantz's Talk?

Her book, Peter Hujar's Day, has been adapted into a movie by Ira Sachs (Passages) and recently premiered at Sundance!

Congrats to everyone involved. We look forward to seeing.
January 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Joanne Kyger’s experimental TV.
January 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
W.G. Sebald
January 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Can someone start reissuing all the old James Purdy novels? The world needs to know.
January 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Joe Brainard by James Schuyler ❤️
January 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The British Pavilion used to take chances on younger artists. But about two decades ago, it suddenly stopped. Why?

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Venice Biennale 2026: Give the British Pavilion to a Young Artist
In recent decades, most artists representing the UK in Venice have been born in the 1960s. Did Britain stop innovating?
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This is the story of E.S., who is living with HIV in a Gaza under siege.
Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza
A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.
interc.pt
January 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Brand new issue of frieze, with a sexy cover turn by Linder.
January 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM