Art
Artist Michael Rakowitz Reveals the Iraq War's Many Wounds
From war loot to Saddam Hussein's Star Wars obsession, an exhibition at MCA Chicago considers the costs of power and destruction.
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Required Reading
This week, the Obama portraits, Fortuny in Madrid, the precarious lives of independent curators, slavery at US colleges, the information apocalypse, and more.
Books
Dada’s Holy Grail
Marcel Duchamp’s zines leapt from their lair to entertain artists and educate the public.
Music
Oceans of Sound: Jlin, Relax World, Slowdive, Thundercat
The best background music is also the best full-immersion music.
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The Impermanent Sculptures of Robert Grosvenor
Grosvenor shares almost nothing with other sculptors working today: He has not branded his work, nor has he made variations on a theme.
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Mothers’ Nightmare
Another walking-anger-management-issue finds a people-killing machine.
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Judith Bernstein Shines a Blacklight on Trump's Crimes
We cannot ignore the fact that Americans voted for Trump.
Art
Luisa Rabbia’s Tiny Marks and Big Mysteries
With her series Love-Birth-Death, Rabbia addresses some of humanity’s most enduring, universal enigmas.
Film
50 Years Later, We Still Don’t Know Whether This Film Is Fact or Fiction
In his 1968 film Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One, William Greaves turned cinéma verité on itself, never making it clear whether the story was in fact fiction, nonfiction, improvisation, or some combination of the above.
Art
For Year of the Dog, US Postal Service Delivers a Fetching Stamp
The latest stamp designed by Kam Maki features three elegant, twisting lucky bamboo.
Art
Activism Imitates Art in London's "Three Billboards Outside Grenfell Tower" Protest
Organizers used visual language to highlight the lasting damage caused by the devastating Grenfell Tower fire.
News
Artist Says Kendrick Lamar's Black Panther Music Video Uses Her Paintings Without Permission
For now, all that artist Lina Iris Viktor wants is an official apology.