Celeste Olalquiaga is a Venezuelan-born independent scholar. She is the author of ''The Artificial Kingdom: A Treasury of the Kitsch Experience'' (1999) and ''Megalopolis: Contemporary Cultural Sensibilities''. She received a grant from the
Rockefeller Foundation
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in 1994 and a
Guggenheim Fellowship
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in 1996. She writes the column "Object Lesson" for the publication ''
Cabinet
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Furniture
* Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers
* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
* Filin ...
''.
References
External links
Official website
Venezuelan women writers
Rockefeller Fellows
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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