Books
David Kinloch's Poetry Explores Scottish and Biblical Lore
Kinloch seeks out a Scots "Orpheus" figure who is a merchant, a troubadour, and a juggler.
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Art
Out of Vietnam, Drawings of Displacement and Repression
In Hà Ninh Pham’s drawings, a building could be a prison or a torture chamber, but there is nothing about the edifices that might indicate their function.
Art
Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Adam Milner Kept an Experimental Travelog on a Grindr Cruise Ship
LGBTQ Pride Month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.
Art
A Trailblazing Lesbian Artist Gets Her Due
Harmony Hammond’s work can appear bewildering at first, expansive in its diametrical explorations, and sprawling in its material juxtapositions.
Music
The Art Songs of Carly Rae Jepsen
If you’d told radio listeners in 2012 that the singer responsible for “Call Me Maybe” would in seven years be hailed as an eccentric avant-pop totem, nobody would have believed you, but here she is.
Art
A Painter Shows Her Resentment Through Satire
The five extraordinary paintings that comprise Alissa McKendrick's Resentment combine a revitalized figuration with a satiric sensibility.
Art
Confronting Art Critics With Their Own Portraits
Luca Del Baldo paints portraits of art critics and historians — often people he has never met — and then requests their response to complete the work.
Film
The Pitfalls and Performance of Virtue Signaling at the Democratic Debates
Every candidate likes to boast about themselves, but there's an art to getting away with it.
Art
An Elegant Swansong at Brooklyn's NURTUREart
After 22 years of activity, the gallery bids goodbye with (Im)perfection, an exhibition that perfectly embodies its spirit and mission.
In Brief
Rare Copy of Declaration of Independence Will Go on Display at New York Public Library
The original document, one of only four surviving "fair copies" of the Declaration handwritten by Thomas Jefferson, will be on display on July 1 and 2, ahead of Independence Day.
Art
A Handwoven Tapestry Invites Interpretation Between the Threads
Victoria Manganiello and Julian Goldman's "Computer 1.0" is an installation inspired by the Jacquard loom and computer programming.
News
Guggenheim Workers Successfully Vote to Unionize
More than 90 workers will join Local 30, a union that includes installers and maintenance workers at New York’s MoMA PS1.