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Where Bad Art Goes to Die

In Michael Landy’s installation “Art Bin,” hundreds of artists, including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, have been trashing their works in a giant dumpster. VIEW OUR GALLERY.

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Is some art so bad that it just deserves to die? Whatever your artistic inclinations, you’ll probably answer with a forceful yes. When it comes down to it, though, how do you decide what’s bad and what’s not quite so bad? And then what do you do with it all?...

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