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Britton

@br_tton
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Joined March 2009
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RIP to the most famous person I ever shared a smoke with 💨
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“Modern” art. Lol.
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Chicago, Felix was taken this morning in my neighborhood. Come have breakfast at Alp's this weekend to show your support.
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good luck Anish lol theguardian.com/artanddesign…
‘This is fascist America’: Anish Kapoor may sue after border agents pose by his sculpture

‘This is fascist America’: Anish Kapoor may sue after border agents pose by his sculpture

Artist says ‘military style’ raids in US are ‘beyond belief’ while discussing new Southbank show next year

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cc: @colinbphoto
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I seem to vaguely remember that Anish promised to sue anyone who took photos of "The Bean". Also, how upset he was that Chicago called it "The Bean".
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🧐🧐🧐🧐 A lot of non-art friends have asked me about Masterworks. This is a pretty comprehensive look inside. lots of questions. (gift link) nytimes.com/2025/11/12/arts/…
A Company Sold Investors $1 Billion in Art. Did it Paint Too Rosy a Picture? (Gift Article)

A Company Sold Investors $1 Billion in Art. Did it Paint Too Rosy a Picture? (Gift Article)

Masterworks offers average investors a chance to buy individual shares in paintings often only owned by the rich, but critics say its marketing can overstate the upside of investing in its art.

nytimes.com
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moving aside all the feelings that mothers have when pregnant/new mothers, she and her husband were cancelled for a really solid reason and no amount of PR swinging will make me forget it. artnews.com/art-news/news/sa…
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Neil Jenney folks. OG.
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waaant. OMG. so perfect
Lawrencia Moten (@Lawrenciamoten) profile pictureLawrencia Moten@Lawrenciamoten26 Oct 2025
🥹❤️ This is beautiful… My Dad is smiling @Cuse_MBB
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Personally - I think it's fucking horrid. nytimes.com/2025/10/18/arts/…
The ‘Obamalisk’ Rises on Chicago’s South Side (Gift Article)

The ‘Obamalisk’ Rises on Chicago’s South Side (Gift Article)

A look inside Barack Obama’s “living, breathing cultural and gathering space” (with an N.B.A.-size basketball court). Not everyone is cheering.

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New to me cocaine art by Mona Hatoum ("High Relief", 1992. Etching, magnet and razor blade on brushed aluminum, 12¼ h × 9½ w in.)
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I've lived in Chicago for almost 25 years and I still can't figure out where the East Side is.
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Turns out this asshole is an audiophile.
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I'm on the @MerriamWebster constantly and have taken to just leaving the tab open in the corner of my screen to see Top Lookups. It's spicy, boring and educational!
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Good.
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RIP to Lawrence Moten, my favorite basketball player of all time. (Pictured here with my HS gym teacher Mr. B.) He was a year older than me.
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WTF.
Crain's Chicago Business (@CrainsChicago) profile pictureCrain's Chicago Business@CrainsChicago12 Sep 2025
Artist Roger Brown's longtime home and studio for sale by School of the Art Institute chicagobusiness.com/resident…
Artist Roger Brown's longtime home and studio for sale by School of the Art Institute

Artist Roger Brown's longtime home and studio for sale by School of the Art Institute

Roger Brown owned the building from the early 1970s into the mid-1990s, and donated it with all its contents to the school in 1996.

chicagobusiness.com
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Spent a lot of time here in the early 00s zillow.com/homedetails/1926-…
1926 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614 | Zillow

1926 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614 | Zillow

1926 N Halsted St, Chicago IL, is a Single Family home that contains 4585 sq ft and was built in 1890.It contains 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $1,235,000.The...

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TIL Chicago’s classic rock radio station 97.1 morning disc jockeys went on a dictator rant and exposed their owner’s repugnant political views. They play too much Aerosmith anyways… Good bye.
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@971TheDrive y’all fucked up. I’ll miss you Bob Stroud.
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