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Catapult Uncensored is our weekly editorial on contemporary art. We write about artists, the art market, the industry, and how artists are treated in the age of algorithms, AI hype, and tech oligarchs controlling reach. Our perspective – unfiltered. Vision and skepticism. Independence over social media metrics. No PR, no bullshit. Just critical curation on what's happening in art today. Published every week. Read, disagree, think.
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