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Morgan Meis

Morgan Meis

Morgan has a Ph.D. in philosophy. He was supposed to specialize in the Greeks and Romans but managed to write a dissertation on Walter Benjamin. Also, he is the founder of an arts collective in NYC called Flux Factory. Also, he writes regularly for various magazines. Also, he teaches art and philosophy at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Also, he wins things. Email: morganmeis [at] gmail.com

Monday Musing: Defending Jeff Koons, or, Why Don’t You Like My Puppy?

Posted on Monday, Jul 4, 2005 12:53AMFriday, December 8, 2017 by Morgan Meis

This short essay is inspired by a comment made by our own Timothy Don in his wonderful Negotiation of June 13th. As I wrote in the comments, Timothy is one of the few people writing on art at the moment I truly enjoy and profit from reading (Arthur Danto being another). And let’s be honest,…

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Monday Musing: I Love Airports

Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 12:00AMFriday, December 8, 2017 by Morgan Meis

People look at me truly aghast when I reveal to them that I often book flights with the most amount of connections possible. I love airports. Probably it is a sickness of some kind and a personal problem. I like to be in airports. I like to wander around in them. I like the way…

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3QD Monday Musing: Paterson

Posted on Monday, Apr 18, 2005 1:07AMFriday, December 8, 2017 by Morgan Meis

This is the second of 3 Quarks Daily’s Monday columns. Abbas started us off in fine form last week with a wholly fabricated yarn about his meeting with the president of Sri Lanka and talking to her about cake. He even presented some doctored photos. I will change gears a bit with some real information…

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