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A 2014 paper called "Toward Defining the Ego-seum" about the new trend toward the personal-private art museum that focuses on the Pizzuti Collection in Columbus, Ohio.

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Things Just Aren't They
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“...keep your focus on aesthetics: notice Rist's use of the color red, but avoid making connections, actually just avoid using your head—lose yourself in her immersive installations instead.”
― James Payne, Things Just Aren't They
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