Art
A Six-Acre Civic Commons Is Coming to Detroit’s North End
The design duo Akoaki and the Oakland Avenue Urban Farm have opened the first phase of an ambitious project known as the Detroit Cultivator.
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Books
The Arrest of a Turkish Photographer in the Encroaching Night
Erdoğan’s book Control depicts an imaginary night out in Gazi, one of the most dangerous districts of Istanbul, commonly viewed as an autonomous zone of underground activity.
Film
Agnès Varda and JR Take a Trippy, Twee Road Trip
Faces Places is a kind of road movie in which two artists who are electric on screen, one 34 years old and the other 88, stop at villages to talk to and take photos of people in the French provinces.
Performance
What Roberto Bolaño Can Teach Us About Making Art Under Fascism
A new stage adaptation of Bolaño's 1993 novel Distant Star juxtaposes the lofty aspirations and dire realities of poets living through Chile's 1973 coup.
Art
Getting Comfortable with Sexy and Silly Art
SEX, an exhibition at Chicago's Lawrence & Clark gallery, challenged me to reckon with the cultural inheritance of my Taiwanese American upbringing.
Art
A Museum Devoted to Immigrant Histories Opens in Boyle Heights
The Boyle Heights Museum opens this weekend with an exhibition focused on the history of Mexican repatriation during the Great Depression.
Art
This Archtober, Spend the Month Exploring NYC's Exceptional Buildings
The annual, monthlong festival Archtober offers tours, lectures, and events surrounding the eclectic architecture and designs of the city.
Art
24 Hours of Experimental and Explicit Queer Films
Ticket-holders are free to come and go as they please during this marathon screening of queer pornography and avant-garde films.
Announcement
Fall Public Programs at the International Center of Photography
Programs include a panel on the architecture of postmodern consumption, an artist talk with Lauren Greenfield, a conversation on wealth inequality, and a special one-night only interactive performance and revival service featuring Reverend Billy and the Stop-Shopping Choir.
News
Philadelphia Unveils Its First Statue of an African American, Civil Rights Activist Octavius Catto
The monument to the 19th-century activist Octavius Catto honors his legacy in voting, education, and baseball.
Art
Skill Wins Over Vision at the Art Students League Instructors’ Exhibition
Founded in 1875, the Art Students League of New York mounts an annual exhibition of art by their instructors, so we took a look.
Interview
RZA and Mustafa Shaikh on the Asian Art that Inspired Their Clothing Line
Last week, RZA and Mustafa Shaikh celebrated the fall line of their fashion label 36 Chambers at the Asian Art Museum, where they saw an exhibition that influenced their designs.