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10 Must-See Exhibitions at the Hamptons Virtual Art Fair
by Aya Kusch

This year, ShowHamptons launched their inaugural Hamptons Virtual Art Fair, hosted by the Paris-based designer Christofle. The fair features 90 international galleries and 105 booth displays from 11 US cities, displaying altogether over 2,000 pieces of artwork. Artworks are displayed in virtual reality booths in 2D and 3D, and visitors can virtually navigate the exhibition […]

Butterfly Balloon by Alyse Bensel

Opaline or starburst or emerald green— descriptors for barbus or brochis or gynmocorymbus. The bubble pump flares sidefins and whiskers. Aquarium fish appear as mechanical wind-up toys. They troll the bottom of pop-rock gravel. A floundering Butterfly Balloon Molly performs a sideshow for the children who muddy the clarity with their fingers or cause underwater earthquakes with a tap […]

Kiss
by Cyril Wong

What is new must also be unexpected and not what we think   is new— car crash, stalled lift juddering,   bed of thumb slit open, blood the surprise that keeps on giving— or else there is no freedom   from our conditioning: your body too heavy on mine;   your kiss the same old […]

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