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.
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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.
Film
What to Watch Right Now on the Criterion Channel and OVID
The two streaming sites kicked off this past month with a robust, diverse selection of movies.
News
A Study Says High Family Income Significantly Increases Likelihood of Becoming an Artist
After studying US census data since 1850, an economist says that with every $10,000 in total family income, a person is about 2% more likely to go into a creative occupation.
Announcement
Erin Latham, a Concept-Driven Installation Artist, Describes her Experience at IDSVA
IDSVA offers a world-class low-residency PhD in art theory and philosophy to visual artists and creative scholars.
Art
Yinka Shonibare Restages the Trauma of the Gilded Age
In some respects, it makes sense that Shonibare has installed his work in the Driehaus Museum, a monument and tomb consecrated to the gilded age.
Community
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Florida, Michigan, New York, Spain, and Wisconsin.
Comics
The Many Forms of Resistance
This is the fifth 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.
Interview
A New Documentary Restores the Legacy of Alice Guy-Blaché, One of the First Filmmakers Ever
Director Pamela B. Green talks about the eight years she spent making Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché and how that journey was both a creative endeavor and archival mission.
News
Week in Review: Conserving Nancy Holt’s Land Art, the Louvre Will Buy a Rembrandt
Also, Olu Oguibe's "Monument for strangers and refugees" gets a permanent home in Germany, Chicago launches a "mural registry," and more.
Art
The Wild World of Trenton Doyle Hancock
Hancock's is a world with its own creation myths and conflicts — colorful and fun, but with serious undertones.
Film
A Filmmaker Captures the Seduction of Prosperity and Its False Promises
Mambéty made films that are political only on a broad, symbolic level, and their subject is the soul of a people who have been tricked into a troubling fate.