Art
An Exhibition Mines the History of SoCal's Gay Motorcycle Clubs
An exhibition at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives restages performances and displays ephemera from Southern California's gay motorcycle clubs of the 1960s and '70s.
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Books
Tracing Beatrix Potter's Artistic Evolution, from Fungi to Peter Rabbit
A new book chronicles Potter's evolution from a precocious naturalist to an expert artist with a scientific eye to a wildly successful author of children's books.
Art
The Lifespan of Bauhaus Utopianism
An exhibition at Paris's decorative arts museum hones in on the myriad ways that students and teachers at the Bauhaus sought to integrate art, architecture, and design into total artworks.
Comics
Hot Hairdos for Republican Congressmen
The Republican-led Congress deserves to be represented by their hair as well as their actions.
Art
A Decorative Cosmology Bridging Heaven and Earth
In her new exhibition, Tamara Gonzales continues to mine our material culture to chart the world all around.
Art
The Lavish Work of One of the Last Gilders of the Versailles Court
The first exhibition on 18th-century bronze chaser and gilder Pierre Gouthière at the Frick Collection brings together lavish examples of his work for the French court of Versailles.
Art
The Black Cowboys Whitewashed from American History
The photographs and videos in Black Cowboy at the Studio Museum show images of nonwhite cowboys, bringing Americana in line with historical accuracy.
In Brief
Oprah Winfrey Sold Klimt Painting for $150M
Winfrey bought "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II" (1912) at Christie's in 2006 for $87.9 million, which remains the auction record for a Klimt.
Art
The Victorian-era Daguerrotypes of Women Breastfeeding
In the 19th century, just after the daguerreotype's introduction in the United States, there was a fashionable moment for portraits of women breastfeeding.
Performance
From Treadmill to Tape, a Series of Unsettling Dance Vignettes
The Batsheva Dance Company’s Last Work features a dancer running on a treadmill for the entire length of the performance, while the ensemble physically enacts a series of non-narrative scenes.
Art
#HyperPicks: Gender Fluidity and Feminism
Opening at the 8th Floor, The Intersectional Self considers how an awareness of fluid identities has affected our traditional understanding of gender roles.
Art
Two Cy Twombly Exhibitions Marry Myth and Sensual Abstraction
By a playful amalgam of semiotics with scatology, Twombly redevised history painting into palimpsest poop.