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Opinion

I’m a Guard at the Seattle Art Museum. This Is Why We Plan to Strike.

After 27 months of union contract delays, we’ve had no choice but to take drastic measures.

Book Review

Jonathan Lethem’s Alternative Life as an Artist

In a new book, the novelist and essayist writes in parallel to, rather than directly about, art.

Book Review

Serenading Entwined Lineages of Black Art and Music

Organized around the five components of a song, Nikki A. Greene dissects a lineage of sonic resonance and visual aesthetics in Grime, Glitter, and Glass.

Performance

An Artist Possessed by Her Alter-Ego

In Give Me Carmelita Tropicana! performance artist Alina Troyano asks: Where does one identity start and the other end? Can they even be separated?

Art

Danny Moynihan’s Landscapes Look Back at Us

His paintings are invitingly impenetrable, even as they stir up all sorts of associations, from mythological beginnings to rampant lust and greed.

Art

Lynn Hershman Leeson Predicted Our Digital Hellscape

The video art pioneer has been warning us from the start that the more advanced digital tech becomes, the more vigilant we must all be against its lurid seductions.

News

Yto Barrada to Represent France at Next Venice Biennale

The French-Moroccan artist is known for poignant works exploring border communities, migration, climate change, and cross-cultural dialogue.

Film

Doug Aitken’s Poetic Tableau of Southern California

“I wanted to make something aggressively non-linear, using sound and music to express things that hard language couldn’t,” the artist said of his latest work.