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Artist Josephine Meckseper Digs for Oil in Times Square—And Strikes Gold

Midtown Madness

Are her pump-jacks things of beauty that belong in a museum? Or are they political messages? Blake Gopnik reports.

Blake Gopnik
Blake Gopnik
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Blake Gopnik

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