The Presence of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Paintings The Presence of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Paintings
Though she routinely paints human figures, it’s better to understand her work as abstract art.
Jul 11, 2017 / Ratik Asokan
The Manufactured Images of ‘The Reagan Show’ The Manufactured Images of ‘The Reagan Show’
The new documentary film is both a valiant exposé and a victim of the president’s publicity machine.
Jul 1, 2017 / Stuart Klawans
An Old Story An Old Story
We were made to understand it would be Terrible. Every small want, every niggling urge, Every hate swollen to a kind of epic wind. Livid, the land, and ravaged, like a rageful Drea…
Jun 29, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Tracy K. Smith
The United States Welcomes You The United States Welcomes You
Why and by whose power were you sent? What do you see that you may wish to steal? Why all this dancing? Why do your dark bodies Drink up the light? What are you demanding That we f…
Jun 29, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Tracy K. Smith
Letters From the July 17-14, 2017, Issue Letters From the July 17-14, 2017, Issue
Not that unpopular… Subject, verb… violence… DNC MIA… Applause for Merkley… Perriello: promise and peril… Thoughtful space… Top keavy…
Jun 29, 2017 / Our Readers
Puzzle No. 3436 Puzzle No. 3436
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 8 Brave pair follows Laurel, carrying platinum (5,2,2) 10 Coal worker is more delicate after 17 (5) 11 Pace beginning…
Jun 29, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Ambiguous Sculptures of Melvin Edwards and Rachel Harrison The Ambiguous Sculptures of Melvin Edwards and Rachel Harrison
Time spent with their work serves as a reminder that most good artists don’t provide ironclad justifications for their choices
Jun 29, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Fighting American Wars on Reality TV Fighting American Wars on Reality TV
Our invasions and bombings have become prime-time entertainment for millions.
Jun 27, 2017 / Rebecca Gordon
Percival Everett’s Abstract Art Percival Everett’s Abstract Art
His new novel, So Much Blue, is a meditation on seeing and abstraction, and it might be key for recognizing a new form of literary social critique.
Jun 26, 2017 / Paul Devlin
If Trump Is Julius Caesar, Then Americans Are a Confused and Violent Mob If Trump Is Julius Caesar, Then Americans Are a Confused and Violent Mob
Julius Caesar is hardly an endorsement of assassination—but neither is it the celebration of “small-d democrats” that the Public Theater wants it to be.
Jun 20, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt