Art
Why Edvard Munch Began Painting Portraits of the Soul
An exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art illustrates how, over time, Munch moved away from observational painting toward something more symbolic and emotional.
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Books
The Outdated Architecture of Parliaments Around the World
A book by XML is the first to provide a comparative overview of different countries' parliament spaces.
In Brief
Vigilantes Posing as City Workers Steal Street Art in Paris
Some 15 tile pieces by the French street artist Invader have been pried off city's walls by two men claiming to be municipal workers.
Art
The Beauty of Bach at Socrates Sculpture Park
On August 9, the park will screen Pere Portabella's The Silence Before Bach, a non-narrative film that celebrates the composer.
Art
A Listening Party for the Songs and Sounds of LA’s Social Upheavals
The California African American Museum is hosting a listening party to explore the role that music has played in Los Angeles, from 1965 to the present.
Opinion
Why I "Like" but Don't Love Cindy Sherman's Instagram Photos
Other critics responded rapturously after the art star made her Instagram account public, but their nearly unanimous praise is misplaced.
Art
An Itinerant Museum Picks Apart the Language of Dehumanization
The Museum of Nonhumanity, on view at the Nordic Biennial, looks at the ways language shapes "othering."
In Brief
Walking Japanese Enema Is the Latest in Shitty Mascot Design
Does this mascot make you think about enemas? One Japanese company hopes so.
Art
A Vision of US Immigration Beyond the Melting Pot
At the Queens Museum, Ronny Quevedo uses the rules of sports as metaphors for the boundaries drawn in public space.
Comics
The Mysteries of Maurice Denis
What, exactly, is going on in his 1891 painting "Easter Mystery"?
Art
The Black American Women Who Made Their Own Art World
We Wanted a Revolution at the Brooklyn Museum tracks the shape-shifting radicalism of black women artists, authors, filmmakers, dancers, gallerists, and public figures between 1965 and 1985.
Art
Required Reading
This week, bus seat ridicule, rewatching The Apprentice, Dunkirk’s colonialism problem, the White House as West Wing, and the future of fake news.