Art
How to Talk About Whiteness
The Racial Imaginary Institute wants to “make visible that which has been intentionally presented as inevitable,” to disrupt the "bloc" of whiteness.
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Art
An Independent Print Shop Finds Ways to Connect Artists to Detroit’s Nonprofits
Six Detroit artists were paired with these community-minded nonprofits to produce attractive prints available for supporters.
Art
Bay Area Counterculture Is Still Alive at the San Francisco Art Book Fair
Vendors embraced the idea of San Francisco, the capital of all things counter-culture, whose art scene is still notable for being idiosyncratic and truly weird.
Film
How Women Filmmakers Were Bending Social Norms Since the Birth of Cinema
Women were fighting since the very beginning of celluloid for a role that allowed them to express their creativity.
Comics
Musings About Life Today
You may never read William Carlos Williams the same way again.
News
Two Hip-Hop Personalities, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) and Free Richardson, Open South Bronx Gallery
The hip-hop trailblazers intend The Compound as a space to curate a cross-culture between art, music, fashion, entertainment, and more.
Art
The Czech Painter Often Credited with Inventing Pure Abstract Art
Looking at František Kupka we see an intense channeling of occult vibrations and shimmering realities that asks viewers if they too have experienced their life this way.
Art
Some of the World’s Most Striking iPhone Images
Photographers across 18 categories submitted their best iPhone photos.
Art
Looking Back on the Golden Age of Fashion Illustration with Jim Howard
A showcase of Howard's work from the 1960s through the '80s illustrates major shifts in consumer behavior and records an art career that no longer exists today.
Books
Real Love: A Cartoonist Draws on Her Teenage Obsession with the Beatles
Carol Tyler recently found her Beatles-centric diaries from the '60s and was inspired to create new illustrations of those days.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a submerged sculpture in the Maldives, the anonymous angel to female artists, Belgrade as the capital of stolen art, examining the inaugural Yeditepe Biennial in Istanbul, and more.
Music
Alternative Rock Gets a Reboot
Trading in activism, self-awareness, and intimacy, four alternative guitar-rock albums manage to revitalize familiar forms.