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In search of solid ground, any number of artists have opted to return to first principles: technique, color, and, above all else, visual pleasure—qualities that might’ve been viewed with suspicion, or at least kept at a plausibly ironic arm’s length, not so long ago.
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Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
That day at the park, not so long ago, the ground
played to dust beneath our feet.
—Annie Liontas, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
Brands that not so long ago had thrown themselves wholeheartedly into the metaverse soon began to follow suit.
—Webb Wright, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024
The interim agreement marks a very important, albeit mostly symbolic, step toward the type of deal that, not so long ago, seemed entirely unimaginable.
—Kenneth Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2013
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Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
That day at the park, not so long ago, the ground
played to dust beneath our feet.
—Annie Liontas, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
Brands that not so long ago had thrown themselves wholeheartedly into the metaverse soon began to follow suit.
—Webb Wright, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024
The interim agreement marks a very important, albeit mostly symbolic, step toward the type of deal that, not so long ago, seemed entirely unimaginable.
—Kenneth Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2013
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“Not so long ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20so%20long%20ago. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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