Art
Required Reading
This week, Grindr's influence on queer cinema, the prison abolitionist movement, authenticating Minimalist art, the collapse of the humanities, and more.
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Music
The Singer-Songwriter Complex
New word-heavy releases from Jenny Lewis, Sir Babygirl, Nilufer Yanya, and Sharon Van Etten.
Art
A Young Master of Painted Flesh
As invested as Louis Fratino is in his gay subject matter, what heightens the work is his formal mastery of the figure in space.
Art
A Shape-Shifting Artist, 87 Years Young
Over the course of a 70-year-career, David Driskell has been making art about memory, jazz, cities, spirituality, and nature.
News
A Musical Protest at the Whitney Museum Focuses on Puerto Rico
“The Whitney is being funded by war waged on our homeland,” one protester said.
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Judy Glantzman
“Although I think authorship is questionable, I am interested in inventing my own language.”
Art
An Exhibition Brings Tolkien's Vision Down to Earth
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth tries to wrest Middle-earth back to its source: J. R. R. Tolkien’s writing-desk.
Art
Confronting Loss Through Abstraction
Throughout her career, Andrea Belag has pushed her style of the moment to its limits and then modified it again.
Art
A Painter’s Path from Bosnia to Florida’s Backwaters
Amer Kobaslija captures Florida’s lush, strange atmosphere while examining the expressive potential of oil paint’s luminous, elastic, viscous goo.
Comics
How to End a Protest
This is the final installment in a six-part series by the artist that will be published every day this week (Mon–Sat) regarding the recent Whitney Museum protests and the issues at stake.
News
An Anonymous Campaign Calls Out Berlin Gallery Weekend for Being Overwhelming White and Male
According to a group of activists, 75% of the artists being platformed at Berlin Gallery Weekend are white and male.
Interview
Photographer Nydia Blas and Her “Black Feminine Lens”
In spaces where many seek to center experiences of the overlooked, Blas begins by challenging why we’re all looking in the first place.