Film
Albert Maysles’s Final Film Rides with Train Passengers Across the US
In Transit, the late documentarian Albert Maysles’s final film, was completed after he died in March 2015 and focuses on the journeys of passengers at various stages of life.
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Theaters
A Faustian Satire of Our Shitty President
The new play Faust 3: The Turd Coming, or The Fart of the Deal is a gloves-off attack on Donald Trump — though it never mentions him by name.
In Brief
ACLU and Academics Concerned over TSA Proposal to Inspect Travelers’ Books
If we all have to remove paper products — including books — from our carry-on bags, will it lead to new scrutiny of what we’re reading?
In Brief
In Surreal Twist, Court Orders Dalí’s Body Exhumed for Paternity Test
A judge in Madrid has ruled that the artist’s body must be exhumed in order to carry out a paternity test.
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VCFA’s MFA in Visual Art Welcomes Prospective Students to Attend Summer Residency
Visitors can experience the MFA in Visual Art summer residency July 24-27.
In Brief
Goldfish Bashes Tiny Furniture with a Hammer
Artist Neil Mendoza has endowed a goldfish with the power to “smash people stuff,” reversing the typically anthropocentric dynamics of marine power relations.
Film
How the TV Adaptation of I Love Dick Recenters the Female Gaze
I Love Dick is a show about how women are discouraged from having ideas and what happens when one woman lets her fantasies drive her art.
News
A Glimpse Inside the Street Art–Themed 5Pointz Condos
The first renderings of the luxury development show its logo in wildstyle lettering and graffiti-inspired wall art in stairwells and lounges.
Museums
Puerto Rican Painters Who Fold, Cut, and Tear the Canvas
Beyond the Canvas: Contemporary Art from Puerto Rico features an intergenerational group of five artists wrestling with the history and materiality of painting.
In Brief
Holy Crêpe! An Algorithm Created Seven Million Unique Nutella Jar Labels
Ferrero recently partnered with advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather Italia to present Nutella Unica, an algorithm that created a series of unique labels for almost every Nutella jar in Italy.
Weekend
Required Reading
This week, Warhol’s first self-portrait goes to auction, Sam Durant speaks about “Scaffold,” India’s problem with architectural preservation, Zadie Smith on black pain, the six people who created “Silence = Death,” and more.
Weekend
Weekend Words: Tape
“Which came first, the intestine or the tapeworm?”