The Music We Made in Lockdown The Music We Made in Lockdown
On the artists who found new sounds in our collective solitude.
Feb 17, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
‘What Does It Mean to Be Black and Alive Right Now?’ ‘What Does It Mean to Be Black and Alive Right Now?’
In Black Futures, Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham preserve an archive and envision new worlds.
Feb 17, 2021 / Q&A / Mary Retta
The Long History of the FBI’s Surveillance of Martin Luther King The Long History of the FBI’s Surveillance of Martin Luther King
A new documentary details the bureau’s response to King and how the harassment of left-wing radicals and activists of color was integral to its mission in the 20th century.
Feb 16, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
The Unknown Radicals of Black Photography The Unknown Radicals of Black Photography
A recent exhibition on the Kamoinge Workshop tells the story of a group of photographers who explored the artistic and political potential of the medium to its fullest.
Feb 15, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
‘Minari’ Is a Landmark for Asian American Cinema ‘Minari’ Is a Landmark for Asian American Cinema
Lee Isaac Chung’s poignant immigrant drama is the kind of film that can be felt with all five senses.
Feb 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Kali Uchis’s Fearless Latinx Pop Kali Uchis’s Fearless Latinx Pop
The bilingual, bicultural songs and sounds of Sin Miedo is a daring leap forward.
Feb 10, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez
Provenance Provenance
There she was in that lavender dress, in that room, in that apartment, turning around to answer his fist pounding that door in the middle of that day that…
Feb 6, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Paul Tran
I Wish We Could Be Dancing to Sophie I Wish We Could Be Dancing to Sophie
It’s an added cruelty that we cannot mourn the loss of the avant-pop icon properly.
Feb 4, 2021 / Annie Howard
The (Extra)ordinary Work of Women The (Extra)ordinary Work of Women
Embroidery reads: “Speaking up again and again and again,” “Fighting harder for what you have earned,” “Resilience, perseverance, and exhaustion,” etc
Jan 27, 2021 / OppArt / Suzanne Faris
Luca Guadagnino’s Meditation on Youth Luca Guadagnino’s Meditation on Youth
His HBO series We Are Who We Are looks at teenagehood less as a time in one’s life than as a mindset one inhabits.
Jan 27, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz