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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/events/pop-events-like-29rooms-made-instagram-manet-paintings/"></div><p>On a September afternoon, my 13-year-old and I headed to a warehouse in Williamsburg. There, we joined a line snaking around the block to get into <a href="http://www.refinery29.com/29rooms/" onclick="__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http://www.refinery29.com/29rooms/', '29Rooms');">29Rooms</a>, a pop-up event that is equal parts art installation, interactive exhibit, advertisement, and Instagram backdrop. <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/events/pop-events-like-29rooms-made-instagram-manet-paintings/#more-5920" class="more-link">Read more</a></p>
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Before Pop-Up Events Like 29Rooms Were Made for Instagram, There Were Manet Paintings

S. Mitra Kalita is the author of two books, <em>Suburban Sahibs</em>, about immigration and suburbia, and <em>My Two Indias,</em> about globalization.