In Brief
Adjunct Professors Share Salaries and Working Conditions in a New Spreadsheet
The anonymous list, launched by historian Erin Bartram, has garnered about 250 entries so far.
Latest
Announcement
New York Philharmonic Presents Psycho in Concert
The performance will take place at David Geffen Hall in mid-September.
Art
An Evening of Music, Films, and Poetry on Climate Change
Four Corners Media will present "Sea Change" — a night of art and activism in Brooklyn in which groups like Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future will discuss their plans in the fight for climate change.
Announcement
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Presents The Body Electric
The West Coast debut of this exhibition by an intergenerational and international group of artists explores technology's impact on our collective understanding of the body and sense of self. On view through January 26, 2020.
Art
The International Spy Museum Seen Through the Eyes of a Human Rights Expert
"This feels like a loss," said Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch while touring the museum, flagging several errors in how curators have presented the history of torture and interrogation.
Art
Looking at the Legacy of Jess in California
An exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art positions the artist known as Jess as the center of a creative nexus, bringing together his works with a smattering of California artists.
Art
When Communal Dining Transforms Into Cultural Exchange and Debate
More than a culinary celebration, this event will focus on how the dishes being consumed are tied to themes of colonization, appropriation, and resistance.
Comics
What’s in the Stars for Artists in September
Virgo: Take a break, go to a museum.
Performance
The Complicated Staging of Experimental Music in Art Spaces
Veteran musician Onyx Ashanti’s performance prompted larger questions of how personal, cultural works hold value in commodified spaces of leisure, excess and consumption.
Art
The Art Handler Who Built a Community of Pride Around His Work
Being an art handler means belonging to a patchwork quilt of professional networks, but translating goodwill into solidarity requires significant effort. One day, you might have to entrust a colleague with your life.
Interview
Parsing the Real and Unreal Stories of the Zambian Space Academy
As Nuotama Frances Bodomo's short film Afronauts debuts online, the director discusses de-centering hero narratives and the weaponizing of reality against African stories.
Art
Exploring Sexuality and Myth Through Fiber and Other Types of Sculpture
While Mrinalini Mukherjee radically used textiles to negotiate the deep roots of symbolic Indian art and craft, her visual vocabulary sought independence from traditional roles within her culture.