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week of 12.16.24

Anachronistic Contemporary or the Inverse of Nostalgia

Last week, a thread of objects described as “anachronistically contemporary” went viral. These were artworks and objects that feel like they were crafted by time travelers, their aesthetics anticipating eras, movements, and technologies decades or centuries to come. The Qing dynasty Peach Blossom Cav…