News
Artists and Activists Fight to Improve New York City’s Loft Law
With the next deadline to apply for legal loft status looming, a rally will be held to demand better protections for loft tenants.
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In Brief
Leaked Document Lays Out Facebook’s Policy on Sex and Nudity in Art
The Guardian has seen more than 100 internal documents from the social media giant, including one clarifying guidelines on sex and nudity in art.
Art
A Wrongfully Incarcerated Artist Discusses Prison at the Brooklyn Public Library
From May 23 to 25, Sherrill Roland will be on-site, hoping to facilitate more open dialogues about the US criminal justice system.
Art
An Arts Festival Highlights California’s Role in Gay Liberation
The One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival kicks off tonight, on Harvey Milk Day, and continues through the end of June with workshops, exhibitions, talks, performance, and more.
Opinion
In Saudi Arabia, Trump Touches Glowing Orb and Unleashes Memes
What is the orb and why is it so strange? The internet has a few suggestions.
News
Staff and Board Members Leave Brooklyn Rail En Masse
More than a dozen people, including all the current senior editorial staff, are leaving the revered culture journal.
Art
The Deceptive Power of a Drove of Horse Sculptures
When I read the captions and found out that all the pieces are cast in bronze, I was simultaneously disappointed and enlightened.
Art
New York’s New Institution Devoted to Arab and Islamic Art Seeks a Sense of Place
Zarina Hashmi's work that imagines "home" as an idea we carry with us sets the tone for the Institute of Arab and Islamic Art's first exhibition in New York.
Announcement
Rhode Island School of Design’s 2017 Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Graduate student work across 16 disciplines to be featured in showcase of hundreds of RISD artists and designers.
Art
From Daily Life to Scientific Explorations, Photos of Latin America Between 1860 and Today
Viewpoints, an exhibition at the New York Public Library, features an impressive array of photographs made in Latin America by local photographers as well as foreigners.
Art
Confronting Our Existential Dilemmas in a Live-Simulated Fantasy World
For Emissaries, Ian Cheng designed three self-playing video games that take place on a fictitious volcanic island.
Comics
The Commencement Speech I Wanted to Hear
Words can inspire in many different ways.