Film
Jojo Rabbit, Billed as a Satire About Nazis, Lacks Any Actual Satirical Wit
Writer-Director Taika Waititi’s latest falls into the same trap of films like Green Book — that marginalized people have to work to prove their humanity
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Art
Artists Help Scientists Map the Climate Crisis
The "Phenomenal Ocean" Convening brought together artists, scientists, and lawyers to take a deep look at the “Special Report on the Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate,” issued in September.
News
Brooklyn Museum Is Trying to Sell a Francis Bacon Painting the Artist Wanted Destroyed
During his lifetime, Bacon wrote the museum that "It was a throw-out and it depresses me […] that it has years later found its way onto the art market and I would prefer if it were not exhibited."
In Brief
Greta Thunberg's Handwriting Sprouts as a New Typeface
The young climate change activist has galvanized support around the world. The latest example is this typeface by the designers at Uno.
News
Desert X Funder Pulls Out in Protest of Saudi Collaboration
| The Los Angeles Times reported that the MaddocksBrown Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that was one of Desert X’s early donors, announced that it will withdraw funding from the organization. Read the full story here [https://hyperallergic.com/521537/three-desert-x-board-members-resign-in-
Art
Collaging an Alternate Reality for Gay Life in Turkey
By literally projecting himself into spaces typically reserved for heterosexual Turkish men, Sinan Tuncay has created a reality in which he takes part in rites of passage that he never experienced.
In Brief
Buy a Banksy Online, Weird Restrictions Apply
Prices are affordable in the artist's new digital shop, but that doesn't mean the products will be easy to purchase.
Film
The Ethics of Depicting Sexual Assault in Film
The 1979 Quebecois documentary Mourir à tue-tête (“A Scream from Silence”) is a valuable but too overlooked feminist film.
Announcement
Elizabeth Otto Unlocks History in Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics
Her recent book offers an investigation of the irrational and the unconventional currents swirling behind the Bauhaus’s signature sleek surfaces and austere structures.
Art
A Feminist Art Collective Gets a Historic Home
The Wedding Cake House in Providence was acquired in 2017 by Dirt Palace Public Projects, and now is full of vibrant work from 150 artists.
Announcement
Join Creative Time for Speaking Truth | Summit X, November 14–16, 2019
Can speaking truth to power unravel the disillusion we find ourselves in? Bringing together thinkers, dreamers, and doers to address radical truth-telling, its implications, manifestations, and potentialities at home in NYC as Creative Time celebrates 10 years of the CT Summit.
Art
Finally, a Deeper Look at Luchita Hurtado’s Long Career
For years, Hurtado worked quietly, even if prolifically. At 98 years old, she's getting her due at the Serpentine Gallery.