The Whitney Biennial’s Flimsy Promises The Whitney Biennial’s Flimsy Promises
The show claims to explore questions of sincerity amid a world of fakes, but the shallow results end up reinforcing long-held problems about the museum as an institution.
Jul 22, 2019 / Barry Schwabsky
Caroline Shaw and the Shock of the New Caroline Shaw and the Shock of the New
The Pulitzer Prize–winning composer turns the history of the string quartet upside down, turning a once fusty form into something adventurous.
Jul 18, 2019 / David Hajdu
Half a Century Before Colin Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson Said, ‘I Cannot Stand and Sing the Anthem.’ Half a Century Before Colin Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson Said, ‘I Cannot Stand and Sing the Anthem.’
A segregationist senator tried to use Robinson to destroy Paul Robeson. Instead, Robinson called out racism.
Jul 18, 2019 / Peter Dreier
Solvitur Ambulando Solvitur Ambulando
After the impossibility of the movement of any object through time was raised in light of the fact that, in time’s smallest unit, no motion can take place (which is to say, that an…
Jul 16, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Donnelly
Is ‘Veep’ Still Funny? Is ‘Veep’ Still Funny?
The show’s vicious political satire defined a decade of comedy, but its last season lacked the same punch.
Jul 16, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
On Not Looking Away On Not Looking Away
All perpetrators ask is that we remain bystanders. But to combat complicity, we must confront tragedy.
Jul 16, 2019 / Arran Skinner
The Worlds of Kathleen Collins The Worlds of Kathleen Collins
The quiet brilliance of her films and fiction was found in her ability to to place the interior and subjective in the context of the social and political.
Jul 15, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Farah Jasmine Griffin
Sara Cwynar’s Photoshop Proletariat Sara Cwynar’s Photoshop Proletariat
Her photos and videos capture visual culture and fashion’s messy means of production.
Jul 11, 2019 / Hannah Stamler
Puzzle No. 3504 Puzzle No. 3504
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Carol and Lily mended in confusion, which is how we clued the other Across clues (6-8) 9 Circle around in the morn…
Jul 11, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Never-Ending Story of Bill Callahan’s Existential Americana The Never-Ending Story of Bill Callahan’s Existential Americana
His latest album, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, tells the tale of the singer-songwriter’s complicated middle age.
Jul 9, 2019 / Joe Bucciero