Film
An Intimate Film Traces Black Masculinity From Boyhood
In A Drop of Sun Under the Earth, Shikeith positions Black boyhood as a means to interrogate and open up other possibilities for Black masculinity.
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Art
The Sisters Who Photographed the Stars of Buenos Aires Nightlife
From 1958 to 2009, Estudio Luisita produced iconic portraits that immortalized many musicians, models, comedians, sex workers, and actors.
Art
Opportunities for Artists in June 2019
A list of opportunities for artists and creatives you can apply for this June.
Film
The New Technological Cold War Runs Through a Cable on the Ocean Floor
Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of Meredith Lackey's Cablestreet, a surreal documentary short about Chinese tech giant Huawei.
Art
The Caustic War Satire Catch 22 Gets a Dour Hulu Series
The miniseries adaptation of Joseph Heller's 1961 novel fails to capture the novel's wit while thriving in its darkest moments.
Film
Ava DuVernay's When They See Us Is a Brutal Look at a 30-Year-Old Injustice
The new Netflix miniseries joins an ongoing cultural conversation over the case of the Central Park Five.
News
Week in Review: Archaeologists Find Imperial Sculpture of Dionysus, Smithsonian Appoints First African American Head
Also, the Baltimore Museum of Art is launching a citywide survey to learn how it can best serve Baltimore residents, the Art Institute of Chicago is deaccessioning 300 works of Chinese art, and more.
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5,000 Drawings by Architect Michael Graves Go to Princeton Museum, Virus-Ridden Laptop Sells for $1.3M
Plus, Scotland's Aberdeen Art Gallery takes £1 million from Big Oil, Hungary's Museum of Fine Arts has a new Renoir and a new Van Dyck, and pieces by Zao Wou-Ki, Chu Teh-Chun, and more go for millions in Hong Kong auctions.
News
Sudanese Artists Plan to Unveil the World’s Largest Protest Banner
The textile banner will stretch 1.9 miles long and feature paintings by hundreds of local artists, portraits of fallen activists, and signatures of thousands of protesters.
Art
Photography Still Has the Potential to Reveal the Uniqueness of the Human Body
At the CONTACT photography festival in Toronto, the most compelling pieces are variations on portraiture, searching and incantatory.
News
Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera Are Getting a Permanent Monument in New York City
The world’s first permanent public artwork dedicated to transgender women will go to these pioneers of the gay liberation movement.
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The Tyler School of Art’s Class of 2019 Earns Stunning “Diplomas” by Edgar Heap of Birds
A new initiative offers graduating students from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art a unique gift of art created by a different alum each year.