Art
Ernie Barnes's Iconic Chronicle of His Southern Roots and Sports
Best known for his painting "The Sugar Shack," Barnes focused on what he knew, capturing the seminal moments of his life growing up in North Carolina and as a football player.
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The Little Ivory Chess Piece That Sold for Almost $1 Million
Plus, last week's case of who bought the maybe-Caravaggio painting has apparently been solved, and the Fyre Festival island is up for sale.
Film
A Tribute to the Millions of Lives Destroyed in the Cambodian Genocide
Filmmaker Denis Do used interviews with his mother to craft the animated film Funan, an affecting portrait of a family swept up in the brutal Khmer Rouge regime.
Books
Imagining the Architecture of Our Futures
Paul Dobraszczyk's Future Cities surveys the multitudinous ways creatives have imagined how humans might build their living spaces in the future.
Art
Shirley Tse Explores Societal Differences in a Time of Uncertainty for Hong Kong
As protests over an extradition bill rage in Hong Kong, Tse's Stakeholders exhibition at the Venice Biennale negotiates the spaces between gender categories like female or male, or race categories like Asian or White.
Art
A Filmmaker Who Fought Bollywood to Realize His Vision
Anurag Kashyap has never resisted the opportunity to take classical elements and tropes of Bollywood storytelling and invert, twist, and mold them into something new.
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Alaska Will Become First State Without an Arts Agency If Governor's $444 Million Budget Veto Holds
If legislators don't override the governor's plan, Alaskans will lose their state art council and become the only US state or territory without a state arts agency.
News
San Francisco Art Scene Rallies In Support of Curator Laid Off from 500 Capp Street
The decision to lay off Bob Linder outraged many members of the Bay Area arts community, sparking a petition encouraging 500 Capp Street to rehire the curator and leading two artists to withdraw work from exhibitions.
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Meow Wolf Is Being Sued by Former Employees for Unfair Labor Practices
The lawsuit alleges that the corporation subjected them to discrimination and unfair pay practice, wrongfully firing them after each brought their complaints to senior staff.
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Smithsonian Rejects Senator's Request to Remove Sackler Name From Building
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch wrote Senator Jeff Merkley that the Smithsonian is legally bound to maintain the name of Arthur M. Sackler.
Film
A Tender Friendship Between Black Men Escapes the Limits of Toxic Masculinity
The Last Black Man in San Francisco is refreshingly profound in its exploration of the physical and emotional closeness of its lead characters.
Art
From a Dot, Joseph Kosuth Finds Infinite Possibilities
The Kosuth-curated 'Dot, Point, Period' suggests the endless possibilities of the exhibition’s pinpoint focus — the small black dot.