The Gist

Art That Makes You Angry

This is your brain on political ads.

“I Like Ike” button, 1952.

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On The Gist, what political ad men might have picked up from Caravaggio. Adam Levine, associate director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio, explains the thinking behind the upcoming exhibition, “I Approve This Message: Decoding Political Ads.” For the Spiel, screwing around with Zika funding.

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