Performance
When We Crave the Story More than the Artist
The play Master invents an artist and reveals him to the audience through voicemail messages, eulogies, artifacts, and pieces of his magnum opus.
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Film
Exposing the Struggles of Artists on Strike Against Life
James N. Kienitz Wilkins's experimental documentary Common Carrier finds artists balancing creative pursuits and the demands of life in New York City.
Interview
Dismantling Colonial Fantasies About Puerto Rico
In Shey Rivera Ríos’s new installation, the island “miracle” that’s marketed to mainland American consumers is simulated and détourned.
Books
The Idiosyncratic Writings of Leonora Carrington, a Reluctant Surrealist
Three books by Leonora Carrington, including her memoir of her time at an insane asylum, reveal the artist's specific vision of the world, which strayed from and defied Surrealism.
Books
A Photographer Remixes Her Family Photos into Cryptic New Moments
For her new book ObjectImage, Sarah Tulloch has cut and collaged a collection of black-and-white photographs she inherited from her grandfather.
In Brief
Noose Found Outside Washington’s National Gallery of Art
The racist symbol was found hanging from a lamppost outside the institution on the National Mall.
News
Artists Protest Sexual Violence and David Choe’s Bowery Mural
On Sunday afternoon, 18 artists gathered in front of David Choe's mural, which was recently painted over, to protest rape culture in light of the street artist's own history.
Art
Why an Indigenous Australian Wants the British Museum to Return His Ancestor’s Shield
Rodney Kelly is campaigning the museum to repatriate the Gweagal shield, which belonged to his great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather.
News
At British Museum Protest, Australian Aboriginal Activist Demands Repatriation of Ancestor’s Shield
On Sunday, with help from the theatrical protest group BP Or Not BP?, Rodney Kelly appealed to the public for the return of the Gweagal shield.
Books
Looking for Traces of Lenin in Ukraine
The former Soviet republic, which used to have the most Lenin statutes per capita, has dealt with its old communist monuments in a myriad of ways.
Art
Paintings in Which Splotchy Blobs Stand in for Historical Figures
Alun Williams makes ahistorical history paintings by playing with the postmodern circulation of context-free imagery, mixing free-spirited image accumulation with glints of personal specificity.
Comics
Creativity Starts Small
The process of creativity involves strength, fearlessness, and nurturing.