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The Art of Looking

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By Julia Friedman
| Quillette Verified
One of David Hockney’s favourite stories concerned a ceramic owl made by Picasso. Standing before it in contemplation, he would point out that a stuffed owl contains infinitely more information than Picasso’s sculpture. A stuffed bird preserves the details of plumage, coloration, and anatomy with scientific accuracy, while Picasso’s owl has none of those things. But in Hockney’s view, the artist’s rendition possessed something the stuffed bird lacked—the experience of the human gaze.
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Hilde Lynn Helphenstein: The Red-Headed Stepchild of the Art World

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By Julia Friedman
| Whitehot Magazine Verified
By JULIA FRIEDMAN June 10th, 2026 The June 1st ARTnewsannouncement of Hilde Lynn Helphenstein’s death in a São Paolo hotel was full of details whose explanatory power seemed inversely proportional to the attention they received.
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Shaping senior care: Trends in Medicare Advantage benefits and coverage from 2023 to 2026

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By Julia Friedman, Matt Timm, Aric Booth
| Critical Point
As an alternative to traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare, Medicare Advantage (MA) is a government-sponsored program in which benefits are provided to Medicare beneficiaries by private health plans, otherwise known as Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs). MAOs offer plan designs that cover all services provided under traditional Medicare plus varying benefits and premiums.
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