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Maybe the point is simply to see how many people will show up at daybreak to exchange a ceramic ashtray for a tote bag under the supervision of one of contemporary art’s most reliable provocateurs.
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Wood desks have replaced green metal mainframes, and the ashtrays and rotary phones are gone.
—Marco Hernandez, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Two vapes, a lighter and an ashtray sat on a counter.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
Even though that was the nice ashtray, as opposed to the black plastic ones that were in the garage or on the back brick steps.
—Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Wood desks have replaced green metal mainframes, and the ashtrays and rotary phones are gone.
—Marco Hernandez, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Two vapes, a lighter and an ashtray sat on a counter.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
Even though that was the nice ashtray, as opposed to the black plastic ones that were in the garage or on the back brick steps.
—Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Ashtray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashtray. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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ashtray
noun
ash·tray
ˈash-ˌtrā 
: a container for tobacco ashes and for cigar and cigarette butts
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