Art
Milena Büsch's Large Paintings Parody Consumer Culture
These deceptively decorative works critique the conventions and implied values of the classic bourgeois interior.
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Art
An Artist's Maps of Imperialism and Greed
Dan Mills delves into the devastating numbers of threatened populations around the world and then converts them into chaotically beautiful cartographies.
Art
Lee Krasner’s Early Prophecies
Krasner’s teacher, Hans Hofmann, told her that her work was so good, you would have never known it was done by a woman.
Art
Finding Quality Time Through Art
With subversive wit and trenchant humor, the artists in Quality Time expose the arbitrary nature of society's benchmarks for meaning.
Art
Roger Brown’s Innovative Still Lifes
Brown was interested in mishaps and disasters, but above all, he was interested in what it meant to be American.
Art
In Praise of Painting's Ambiguity, Part 3
Jasper Johns breaks down the image of a broken man.
In Brief
18,000 Illegally Trafficked Cultural Goods Seized in an International Crackdown
Operation Pandora III, carried out by the Spanish Civil Guard, Europol, Interpol, and the World Customs Organization, included a special focus on illicit online trafficking. 59 individuals were arrested in the operation.
News
Police Arrest Suspect for Alleged Arson Threat to Exhibition
| Police arrested a man suspected of making an arson threat against the Aichi Triennale, the Japan Times reported. “I will bring a gasoline container to the museum,” the threatening fax read, referencing a controversial, life-size sculpture of a "comfort woman." Hotta was apprehended after security
In Brief
Patrons Wore Blackface and Colonial-Era Costumes to Party at AfricaMuseum
Images emerging on social media showed partygoers dressed in pith helmets and blackface at the museum. The colonial-era museum apologized for the event, admitting a "lapse in judgment."
In Brief
Musicians Pay Tribute to El Paso Shooting Victims With a Corrido
Crosses, candles, balloons, photographs, and flowers have become common symbols of the mourning that follows mass shootings; however, residents of the Texan border town are using music to memorialize the fallen victims.
Comics
The Cycle of Freelance Drought
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Podcast
Joseph Pierce on Why Academics Must Decolonize Queerness
"Decolonial practices are about doing, but they're also about asking how we know the things we know. Under what conditions did whiteness become the norm? Under what conditions did heterosexuality become the norm?"