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The Museum of Capitalism Isn’t Buying Our Prevailing Economic Model
Museum of Capitalism, a pop-up exhibition in Oakland presenting itself as a fully functioning museum, attempts to shift our perspective and give viewers a bird’s-eye view of capitalism.
Interview
The Creators of the Comics Newspaper RESIST! Are “Picturing the America We Want”
Françoise Mouly and Nadja Spiegelman will release the second issue of their free periodical that centers women's voices on July 4.
Art
Weekend Words: Passage
"In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning."
Art
Required Reading
This week, Kahn's Salk Institute, problems at MASS MoCA, how should we support scholars who receive online harassment, using art to understand "homosexual" relationships in Ancient Greece, and more.
Music
Synthesizer Gloss and Bubblefunk Guitar
With their new album After Laughter, Paramore’s rebel yells have morphed into breezy hooks.
Art
Richard Brown Lethem's Painted Afflictions
"Throughout his career, he has freely mixed the figurative with the abstract, unwilling to align himself with any school or -ism."
Books
Mind Music: Reading Clark Coolidge
Jack Kerouac’s writing opened up the literary horizons for Coolidge — horizons where a musician’s intuition and technique could be expressed in writing and thinking.
Art
These Four Painters Won't Be Ignored Any Longer
A new exhibition tells us what we’ve been missing in the work of Marina Adams, Paul Feeley, Joanna Pousette-Dart, and Leon Polk Smith.
Art
The Storm Clouds Behind Louis Armstrong’s Smile
The Fourth of July is a time to remember the great jazzman's quiet defiance.
Art
The Storm Clouds Behind Louis Armstrong’s Smile
The Fourth of July is a time to remember the great jazzman's quiet defiance.
Interview
The Power and Complexity of Children’s Art: An Interview with Brian Belott
Children’s scribbles may appear random but they often repeat shapes, like the mandala or the Greek cross, that suggest the beginning of language.