Film

Fascist Leanings in the Desert

Rojo, the third feature by Argentina’s Benjamín Naishtat, summons and dissects a culture which masquerades psychological malaise as raw force.

Film

Barbara Hammer: Superdyke Surveys Her Iconic Role in Queer Experimental Film

Originally presented at UCLA’s Film & Television Archive, a film series brings rare 16mm prints by the legendary filmmaker to the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.

Film

Exploring the Isolations of Age, Disability, and Depression in Japan

A trio of documentaries playing at this year's Japan Cuts festival tackle different facets of social alienation.

Film

Italy’s Fetishistic Giallo Genre Delivers Horror, Pleasure, and Allure

This week, the Quad is screening a series of the blood-spattered, sultry Italian thrillers from the 1960s and ’70s.

News

Week in Review: Louvre Removes Sackler Name, Beloved Founder of African-American Museum Killed

Also, Ai Weiwei won his suit against Volkswagen, there was a deadly arson attack at a Kyoto animation studio, and more.

News

Andy Warhol Foundation Awards $3.81 Million in Spring 2019 Grants

Plus, the Pérez Art Museum Miami receives $1 million for its Caribbean Cultural Institute, Spain's Museo Nacional del Prado acquires 11 new works, and Penske Media buys Art Market Monitor.

In Brief

Developer Planning Luxury Towers Atop Senior Housing in Chinatown Halted Again

Developers looking to build their 100-story waterfront skyscraper are up against a grassroots community effort to stop their project that just scored a major win.

Art

Dora Maar's Seductive Surrealism

Maar's photographic experiments reject the pretense of naturalism in straightforward photography and attempt to achieve something much deeper than resemblance.

Announcement

Call to Artists: $120,000 Sculpture Commission Opportunity in White Plains, NY

Artists are invited to submit proposals for a signature sculpture that will occupy an elevated plaza at the main entrance of 50 Main Street. Applications are due by Friday, September 13.

In Brief

Man Sets Japanese Animation Studio Ablaze, Killing 33 and Injuring 36

A 41-year-old man howled, “You die!" as he attacked workers at Kyoto Animation this morning by setting the building ablaze. Police are still investigating his motive.

News

Artist Zehra Doğan Detained Following Protest at Berlin's Pergamon Museum [UPDATED]

Doğan and three other artists adorned their bodies with cave paintings from Hasankeyf, an ancient Mesopotamian city, to protest its imminent destruction caused by the construction of a new dam.

Art

Untethering Filipino History From American Exceptionalism

At the Katzen Art Center, Maia Cruz Palileo portrays the resilience of ordinary people, setting the stage for greater discussions of postcolonial heritage.