Art
A Mural Reimagines the History of a 19th-Century Tongan Club
Auckland-based artist Benjamin Work painted a Manhattan mural that activates the narrative history of a Tongan club in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Opinion
Christie’s Top Lots Flop at Auction, Raising Speculation About Market Bubble
This years’s total sales were nearly half those of last year, which some critics say is a symptom of a bloated market with overly ambitious estimates. Even a Van Gogh painting went unsold this year.
Interview
A Former Webcam Model Writes a Horror Movie Based on Her Experiences
When Isa Mazzei set out to write the screenplay for Cam, she wanted to "create a film where an audience would empathize with a sex worker."
Art
Grand Narratives of Freedom and Identity Dominate the Latvian Capital's First Biennial
While some works in the Riga Biennial address a specific historical event, only a handful explore individual or personal stories.
News
New York Public Library Offers Ties and Briefcases You Can Check Out for Job Interviews
A librarian at the Riverside NYPL branch, Michelle Lee, spearheaded a program to loan ties, briefcases, and handbags after teaching seminars about job-hunting to NYC teenagers.
Announcement
University at Albany Offers Tuition Waivers and Funding for MFA Students
An affordable and interdisciplinary program where students work across Painting and Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture and Installation, and Photography and Related Media.
Interview
A Net Artist on Why the Cloud Is a Bad Metaphor for the Internet
Evan Roth is increasingly interested in exploring the physical infrastructure of the internet. His latest project brings his research into your bedroom.
Art
How Picasso’s Blue and Rose Periods Lay the Foundation for His Art
Whether or not one considers Picasso a prodigy, Musée d'Orsay's Picasso. Blue and Rose allows the public to bask in the world of a young, energetic, and sensitive artist.
Art
Luis Camnitzer’s Critique of Power Is as Relevant as Ever
Camnitzer’s retrospective at the Museo Reina Sofía surveys his ironic, bluntly critical work since the 1960s.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the new National Veterans Memorial and Museum, a strange dog-headed spider, Fredric Jameson on Karl Ove Knausgaard, Warhol's sexism, KitKats in Japan, and more.
Film
Two Feminist Directors Who Exposed the Trials of Working Class Women
While the female protagonists in Barbara Loden's Wanda and Susan Seidelman's Smithereens may be lost — and legitimately poor — the one thing they are not is self-pitying.
Books
Ranjit Hoskote's Poems Visit a Kingdom of Shadows
Hoskote's poems describe a landscape of doubt and loss.