Music

Four Takes on the Cover Album

Cover albums reveal something about the evolution of shared taste and cultural memory.

Art

The Importance of Being Delacroix

The last great artist who was not a modernist, Delacroix synthesized very complex visual and verbal traditions in stunning works that open the way to modernism.

Art

Healing History’s Scars in the Art of Kader Attia

Kader Attia's new solo exhibition in Barcelona reminds us of the permanence of scars as well as our ability to heal.

Art

Contemporary Takes on the French Iconic Tragedy Bonjour Tristesse

A quiet exhibition conveys a unique vision on the outsider’s place in American society.

Books

American Art Critics, from Lucy Lippard to Darby English, Open Up in a Book of Interviews

In What It Means to Write About Art, famous critics put into print parts of their story they’ve never revealed to the public before.

In Brief

Ana Mendieta Estate Sues Amazon for Copyright Infringement in New Movie

The estate alleges that certain imagery in Luca Guadagnino's film Suspiria constitutes copyright infringement, being directly derived from some of the artist's works.

Interview

Images of Truth from Christine Blasey Ford's Testimony and What They Mean

The images emerging from the Christine Blasey Ford hearing tell us a lot, but what?

Interview

Contemporary Arab Cinema Series Looks Past Headlines to Realities of the Region

Opening Saturday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, ANA features a selection of movies reflecting the political and social realities of the Arab world, from Palestine to Tunisia.

News

14 Arts Organizations Protest Governors Island Rezoning [UPDATED]

Arts and cultural organizations have voiced their fears of changing socioeconomic standards on the island, and laid out a plan to maintain the public space in the face of gentrification.

Art

A Denver Art Project Envisions Alleys as Social Spaces

Between Us amplifies how we move through cities with small, but surprising interruptions to routines.

News

Art Movements

The director of the Serralves Museum resigns after Mapplethorpe exhibition is censored, and London collective stages sit-in at 2018 Turner Prize, saying “Black Pain Is Not for Profit."

Film

Garry Winogrand and the End of an Era

A complex portrait of the photographer emerges in the documentary All Things are Photographable directed by Sasha Waters Freyer.