Arts and Entertainment

76 Days

Desperation and Hope Amid the Wuhan Outbreak Desperation and Hope Amid the Wuhan Outbreak

A director of 76 Days, a documentary on the harrowing first days of the Covid-19 crisis, finds compassion amid the suffering.

Nov 27, 2020 / Q&A / Nation contributor

The Horrors of Charlie Kaufman

The Horrors of Charlie Kaufman The Horrors of Charlie Kaufman

His latest existential love story, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, reveals the limits of his work.

Nov 18, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

everybody dies

everybody dies everybody dies

Almost every man I know talks too goddamn much. All my favorite poets are women & gods. What I really miss is the pavement at midnight, my elongated shadow. There are mornings…

Nov 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Justin Rovillos Monson

In the Event of My Death

In the Event of My Death In the Event of My Death

What used to be a rope descending my vertebrae to the basement of my spine grows thin. In solidarity with my chemotherapy, our cat leaves her whiskers on the hardwood floor, and I…

Nov 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Katie Farris

Where’s Plan B?

Where’s Plan B? Where’s Plan B?

Keeping your head. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of November 9.

Nov 13, 2020 / Steve Brodner

Abstraction at a Distance

Abstraction at a Distance Abstraction at a Distance

A return to the galleries after New York City’s shutdown.

Nov 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Celia Paul Sits for Her Own Portrait

Celia Paul Sits for Her Own Portrait Celia Paul Sits for Her Own Portrait

The painter’s memoir Self-Portrait is a revelation.   

Nov 9, 2020 / Sophie Haigney

An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction

An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction

A mountain landscape, upon closer inspection, reveals rampant floods, tornadoes, and fires.

Nov 9, 2020 / Feature / David Opdyke and Lawrence Weschler

‘You Have to Listen to the Streets’: Rebel Diaz on Hip Hop and the Chilean Constitution

‘You Have to Listen to the Streets’: Rebel Diaz on Hip Hop and the Chilean Constitution ‘You Have to Listen to the Streets’: Rebel Diaz on Hip Hop and the Chilean Constitution

Brothers Rodrigo “RodStarz” and Gonzalo “G1” Venegas, who make up Rebel Diaz, discuss the role of art and music in Chilean activism.

Nov 5, 2020 / Q&A / Jack Delaney

When Raving Was Radical

When Raving Was Radical When Raving Was Radical

Rainald Goetz’s 1998 novel captures both the complicated politics of the German electronic music scene and the chaotic experience of a night lost to dancing.

Nov 5, 2020 / Rachel Hahn

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