How Paula Rego’s Abortion Pictures Changed the Conversation How Paula Rego’s Abortion Pictures Changed the Conversation
When well-meaning critics described her subjects as downtrodden, Rego shot back, “These women are not victims.”
Jul 1, 2022 / Margaret Spillane
The Brutal Verisimilitude of “The Northman” The Brutal Verisimilitude of “The Northman”
Robert Eggers’s latest work, a Viking epic, pushes his obsessive and detail-oriented filmmaking to its limit.
Jun 30, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Harlem Renaissance! Harlem Renaissance!
Mural at 125th Street, NYC.
Jun 29, 2022 / OppArt / Anonymous and Peter Kuper
Nocturne Nocturne
When at a loss for words—during, perhaps, a time of want or desire, when one’s body is overwhelmed by light, as if by the effect of Ketamine or MDMA, when overwhelmed by the weigh…
Jun 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kwame Opoku-Duku
The Reflections of Kendrick Lamar The Reflections of Kendrick Lamar
His intimate new album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers lifts a mirror to his listeners.
Jun 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Bennett
The Light The Light
Isn’t it the work of those of us who work to make new tools with the tools we are given, hammering matter into matter more adapted to the hand than to the memory of a hand, less to…
Jun 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Donnelly
A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile
Mona Mansour’s The Vagrant Trilogy is the Public Theater’s first full-length, main-stage production to address the aftermath of the Nakba.
Jun 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
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Jun 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
The World-Making Aesthetic of Hong Sangsoo The World-Making Aesthetic of Hong Sangsoo
While he has long been seen as an apolitical filmmaker, his work is anything but. The auteur’s films engage with the dreams and contradictions of Korea like no other.
Jun 21, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Dennis Zhou
How Bleak Is the Future of the Art World? How Bleak Is the Future of the Art World?
A conversation with critic Ben Davis about making art amid global crisis, fine art’s waning relevance, and his recent book Art in the After-Culture.
Jun 20, 2022 / Q&A / Naomi Elias