Art
Barbarians and Sculpture's Color Barrier in Ancient Rome
Examining the clothing and also the color that Romans used to visualize those they defined as “barbarians” gives us a clue as to how Romans differentiated themselves from their foes
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A Theory About the Gender Pay Gap
One of my students recently presented a novel hypothesis for why women should be paid less than men.
Books
Learning To Be a Painter at 64
After retiring as a professor of American history from Princeton University, Nell Painter embarked on a new chapter of her life: to become a practicing artist.
Film
Bruce LaBruce Misfires with an Awkward Marriage of Punk and Camp
The provocative auteur's latest, The Misandrists, attempts a tongue-in-cheek critique of radical feminism.
Comics
How to Draw a Black Lady, Part 2
"Before we get started, I have something to say … "
Art
Tilling the Scars of Turtle Island and Its History
Scorched Earth, a group exhibition at Current Projects in Miami, considers the stories contained within the soil.
Art
A Multi-Sensory Sound Art Festival Aims to Expand the Ear
An ear-oriented multi-sensory event, SoundPedro will be presenting artists whose work addresses sound and aural perception in combination with other senses.
Art
An Experimental Music Collective with Fluxus Undertones Comes to Brooklyn
Since it was formed in 1996 by former students of composer and Fluxus member Takehisa Kosugi, Marginal Consort has gathered once every year to perform without any planning or rehearsal.
Art
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Visions of Hawai’i Blossom in the Bronx
The New York Botanical Garden has planted a "Hawai’ian Paradise Garden" as part of an exhibition chronicling O'Keeffe's 1939 trip to Hawai'i to make art for a pineapple company's advertising campaign.
Art
Thelma Golden Shares the Books that Inspired Her
The Studio Museum director will discuss the influence of books on her life and career with author Kaitlyn Greenidge at the New York Public Library.
Art
The Politics of Seeing Within the Global City
Following the template of NYC, the primary way of seeing in the global city remains, above all, “move on there’s nothing to see here,” and the deprivation of sight is commensurate with a new kind of colonialism.
Art
A Prolific Female Artist in the Male-Dominated Pages of Pulp Magazines
In the 1940s, Gloria Stoll Karn contributed a decade of dynamic covers to pulp stories of romance, crime, and horror.