In Brief

Ellen DeGeneres and Walmart Sued for Allegedly Infringing on Artist's Design

Street artist Julian Rivera claims his copyrighted design, a heart symbol enlaced with the word “Love” in cursive, was used in a DeGeneres-designed apparel line sold at Walmart without his permission.

Art

The Challenges of Displaying Manga in a Museum Context

Perhaps unsurprisingly, considering the exhibition’s generic name, in trying to be everything to everyone, it’s hard for Manga to satisfy anyone.

Art

An Artist's Homage to Family Histories and Feminism in Beirut

Mounira al-Solh resists homogenizing narratives about Arab women in her work's specificity and its rejection of expected characters or sensationalized accounts.

Interview

Modern Knights Compete in Medieval-Style Sword Fighting

Hyperallergic talks to the directors of the documentary Bludgeon about portraying a subculture without making fun of it.

Art

Monthly Event Hopes to Unify Long Island City Art Spaces

Gallery Nights, organized by LIC Arts Open, brings neighborhood art spaces together every month for after-hour events and exhibitions, encouraging connectivity between cultural spaces and the local community.

Books

Where the Billionaire Buyers Are

In BOOM: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art, Michael Shnayerson paints a vivid portrait of the dizzying ascent of the contemporary art market and the powerful succession of dealers responsible for its rise.

Art

A Summer Series of Comedy, Improv, Film, and Performance at Blum & Poe

>BTWN< kicks off with a night of comedy, hosted by artist and comedian Casey Jane Ellison.

Art

What Centuries of Damage to Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Might Mean

The power relations presented in an exhibition at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation are selective. We get a discussion of ancient power — but what about the modern power to acquire these objects regardless of legal or ethical concerns?

In Brief

Family Realizes Portrait of Their Mother Is by Influential Nigerian Modernist

"Christine," a portrait of an American hairstylist named Christine Elizabeth Davis, was painted in 1971 by Ben Enwonwu, one of Africa's most influential 20th-century artists.

Film

Millennial Cinema Without the Cheap Stereotypes

We Can’t Even: Millennials on Film, a series of films at BAM about, by, and for millennials, is a rebuttal to the narratives that dominate the discourse around a generation's priorities and perspectives.

Film

The Dark Nostalgia of Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

The movie makes its world of 1969 Los Angeles feel incredibly lived-in, not merely a look back but a transporting experience.

Art

Simone Leigh's Debris of Silence

Simone Leigh's work, on view at the Guggenheim Museum, is inhibiting in a particularly difficult way: it doesn’t seduce; it doesn’t explain, it doesn’t rely on interpretation; it doesn’t care what I think.