Film

A Cult Reggae Classic Deemed "Too Controversial" Finally Gets US Release

Babylon (1980) portrays Jamaican musical collectives, called sound systems, as movements of decolonization and resistance.

Art

Candida Höfer Takes Her Expansive Lens to Mexico

In Mexico foregrounds Höfer's images as records of a site’s architectural and sociopolitical history.

Art

NADA's Solution to the Growing Cost of the Art Fair

NADA's programming this year focuses on the local, emphasizing the ongoing programming of brick and mortar galleries over the quick fix of an art fair.

Announcement

Apply for the St. Elmo Arts Residency at the University of Texas at Austin

Awarded each academic year to a newly graduated MFA artist, the St. Elmo Arts Residency offers a house and a studio space in addition to a $30,000 stipend, teaching experience, and a solo exhibition.

Comics

My Old Sketchbooks Might Not be So Bad, After All

I mean, I liked it all back then ...

Art

An Exhibition About a Book That Rejuvenated an Indigenous Culture

The show tells a success story not often heard in the world of Indigenous art and culture, chronicling how the Boas/Hunt book has acted as a guide for contemporary Kwakiutl peoples.

News

Art Movements

Maria Berrio is now represented by Kohn Gallery, artist Don Nice passed away, and more.

Comics

Collaging with the Rijksmuseum’s Entire Collection at Your Fingertips

When museums open the archives, some artists go to work.

In Brief

The "Queen of Elephants" Photographed in Kenya

Will Burrard-Lucas, the photographer famous for his recent black leopard photos, has captured a series of stunning photos of a big tusker elephant in Kenya.

Art

Get Your Brief History of Chicano Studies in This Series of Workshops

In anticipation of an important center for Chicano art opening next year, the Riverside Art Museum is hosting Community Chicano Studies.

Art

A Goodbye to LA MOCA at the Pacific Design Center

MOCA PDC, which closed this month, deserves parting attention, largely because its evolutions, successes, and sometimes confounding programming often reflected city-wide cultural identity crises.

Art

Bridging the Diverse Foundations of 20th-Century Asian Art

This landmark exhibition at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary finds unexpected resonances among disparate Asian countries.