This week, the death of the US dance critic, Black Lives Matter at the Venice Biennale, James Baldwin’s FBI file, “Happy Birthday”‘s copyright shenanigans, and more.
August 16, 2015
Weekend Words: Currency
China weakened its currency, the renminbi, several days in a row this week, raising fears that the country’s massive economy may be in deep trouble.
Artists of the Dark: “Night Visions: Nocturnes in American Art, 1860–1960”
Nighttime darkness compresses space and alters colors, making ordinary places both more terrifying and more freeing, changing the social dynamic of those who walk in them.