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Tracey Emin on How Illness Has Made Her Redefine Love and Her Legacy

Tracey Emin says a lot's changed since she became one of the most controversial artists of the '90s. 'To be under attack because of the person you are, because the way you speak, your accent, your background, or you’ve got big tits, or the way you dress, I think it's ethically and morally wrong. People got away with it, but they wouldn’t now.'
By Nadja Sayej
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 08: (EDITORS NOTE: This Picture has been digitally retouched. Available for 14 days after create date.) French author Michel Houellebecq by Photographer Francois Berthier for the Contour Collection poses at the Film Haus Arsenal during the 64th Berlinale International Film Festival on February 8, 2014 in Berlin, Germany.

Houellebecq Makes Space for Fellow Smokers, Nazi Memorabilia Sale Sparks Controversy

The room features a jukebox with musical covers of his poems and a bar.
By Alanna Martinez
Damien Hirst, Pharmacuticals, 2007.

Damien Hirst Given a Strong Dose of Lawsuit

Is the most famous Y.B.A. stealing ideas?
By Ryan Steadman
Martin Creed.

To Martin Creed, Even a Shit Is Art

By Alanna Martinez
The Museum of Modern Art.

MoMA to Offer Buyouts for Staff, FBI Searches Home of Gardner Heist Suspect—and More

By Alanna Martinez
<em>Confession (Lady Chancellor)</em>, 2007, by Chris Ofili. (Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner)

A Fresh Look at Chris Ofili, a Painter Propelled by Controversy, at the New Museum

By David Ebony
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