Books
The Rainbow of Japan’s LGBTQ Identity, Captured in Photos
Queer people in Japan are in the spotlight in the latest installment of a book series that documents LGBTQ lives around the world.
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Announcement
SVA Presents And Then, the 2017 MFA Visual Narrative Exhibition
The thesis show features hand-stitched collaged picture books, faux-realistic notebooks, pixelated video games, and fully realized digital environments
Art
A Brief History of Contemporary Art in Myanmar
Burmese artists have weathered the changes from British colony to free country to military state, building a small but vital creative community along the way.
Art
The Novelty and Excess of American Design During the Jazz Age
Through over 400 objects, the Cooper Hewitt's dynamic Jazz Age exhibition highlights 1920s American design.
Art
Cuban Artists Find Escape and Entrapment in the Sea
On the Horizon: Internal Landscapes is the first exhibition in a series dedicated to contemporary Cuban art at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, following a massive donation of work from the region.
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Required Reading
This week, the winners of Dronestagram, the Utah teapot, font culture wars, Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman, and more.
Art
Weekend Words: Press
"Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians."
Music
Fifty Years of Wandering in Sgt. Pepper Land
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is better than a merely great rock album — it’s a glorious exemplar of goofy fluffery.
Art
The Legendary Betty Parsons Meets the Not-So-Legendary Betty Parsons
Her reputation as a dealer has conveniently overshadowed her identity as an artist.
Art
Robert Grosvenor Doesn’t Take Us for a Ride
Grosvenor’s radically altered vintage cars are not about fulfilling fantasies; they are boxes with openings and wheels that carry you from point A to point B.
Art
Does the West Have the Will to Survive?
It doesn’t really matter, because it can’t.
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Emily Cheng
The forms in Emily Cheng’s paintings are suggestive of the most primary elements: the landscape, the body, and religious iconography.