Art
The Frontier of Documentary Filmmaking at MoMA
Opening on February 16, the 2017 edition of the Doc Fortnight festival showcases films about humanitarian crises, politically charged art projects, and more.
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Peace and Grief in the Art of US Veterans
The exhibition Not Alone provides access to a complicated and difficult subject matter that intends to open up and bridge dialogue between civilians and those who have served.
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Photographic Portraits of Transgender Life in the West Village
In his new body of work, Mark Seliger, who is primarily a celebrity photographer, engages with the trans people in his own neighborhood.
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SCAD presents deFINE ART 2017, a Program of Exhibitions, Performances, and Talks
deFINE ART highlights emerging and established artists and visionaries.
Comics
For the Love of Snail Mail
Sometimes email doesn't cut it.
Art
Conserving America's Longest Painting, a 19th-Century Whaling Panorama
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is working to put the 1,275-foot "Whaling Voyage Round the World" panorama back on view.
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Māori Portraits Offer a Window into New Zealand’s Colonial History
Gottfried Lindauer's portraits present a collective history of colonial New Zealand, capturing individual identities in a time of great social change and upheaval.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Trump as a Mr. Men comic, Timbuktu's manuscripts, Caravaggio's male muse, unbuilt LA, a poem by Jane Hirshfield, and more.
Art
Weekend Words: Judge
"The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing."
Books
Reader’s Diary: It Was a Colorful Year
Darby English’s new book 1971 decries black nationalist demands for a unified artistic community in favor of abstraction, individualism, and personal autonomy.
Art
Julia Fish’s Sense of Passage
We are not likely to stop and ponder the things we daily pass by and over, but Julia Fish clearly does.
Art
Three Photographers and What They Show Us About Everyday Life: Deana Lawson, Judy Linn, Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Other than their use of a camera, these photographers appear to have little in common, which I think is a good thing.