Music
The Thinly Veiled Queerness of George Michael's Love Songs
His songs still stand as some of the most evocative descriptions of queer desire to achieve broad commercial success.
Daniel Larkin
Performance
Drag Ballerinas Spin Gender Roles into Farce
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo satirizes the clichéd gender conventions of dance, and the world at large, in technically superb takes on classical ballet.
Books
How Rodin Shaped Rilke as a Young Poet
Who knew that Rodin in his 60s met, inspired, and shaped Rilke in his 20s?
Art
Headless Trophies for Our Cultural Decadence
PORTLAND, Oregon — What can a herd of headless deer painted gold with gaudy tinsel tails teach the 1% and the rest of us? The answer is a lot.
Art
What Abstraction Can Teach Us About Race and the Color Black
Blackness in Abstraction is one of the best opportunities in years to face the riddle of the color black and the phenomenon of blackening.
Art
Remembering the Fearless Wit of Oscar Wilde in the Aftermath of Orlando
On Monday night, many New Yorkers gathered in front of the Stonewall Inn to lay flowers, connect in solidarity, and hear politicians and community activists reflect on the mass shooting in Orlando. Meanwhile down the street, others met in the Rare Book Room at the Strand bookstore to remember Oscar
Art
The Dicks We Grope to Get Ahead
A rock-climbing wall is covered with penises at the New Museum.
Art
At Bernie Sanders’s Official Art Show, the Candidate Meets His Muppet Avatar
On Saturday night, Bernie Sanders visited an art gallery in the East Village.
Art
Beyond Drips: Investigating Jackson Pollock’s Many Artistic Phases
"Come over here to the drips," a visitor at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) advised friends.
Performance
Six Characters in Search of a Puppetmaster
Luigi Pirandello's iconic play Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921) is being reimagined at La MaMa this month.
Art
A Blue Gallery Tour of Chelsea
There is a special opportunity right now in Chelsea to explore the color blue.
Art
Dreamscapes for the 21st Century at the Volta Art Fair
Plunge into dreams at Volta NY 2016.