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Above the Fold Look inside ‘0-9,’ the radically experimental magazine that broke all the rules of language The lost ’60s magazine that gave artists Sol Lewitt and Adrian Piper true conceptual freedom by Caroline Reagan Conversations An intimate dive in Vince Aletti’s personal collections Nicholas Weist visited Vince Aletti at his East Village apartment to dissect his immense collection of pop culture, fashion, fine art and gay pulp fiction. by Nicholas Weist
Above the Fold Look inside ‘0-9,’ the radically experimental magazine that broke all the rules of language The lost ’60s magazine that gave artists Sol Lewitt and Adrian Piper true conceptual freedom by Caroline Reagan
Conversations An intimate dive in Vince Aletti’s personal collections Nicholas Weist visited Vince Aletti at his East Village apartment to dissect his immense collection of pop culture, fashion, fine art and gay pulp fiction. by Nicholas Weist
