Art
Catching the Uncanniness of Medical School Simulations
Learning diagnostic medicine is not just about recognizing symptoms of illness, but also involves interacting with the emotionally complex creature that is the human being.
Latest
Art
Dismantling White Supremacy Among US Poets
Within certain chambers of poetry in the past year, a series of incidents, specifically involving white poets presenting work that has been called out for its callous racism, has led to a great deal of debate on the internet and elsewhere.
Comics
An Artist with a Writing Coach
I haven't told anyone about her, until now.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, artists & empire, the first flower in space, Hollywood's white problem, art in museum storage, MLK in Brooklyn, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Drop
Look out! Oil prices and the world's financial markets continue to drop.
Art
On the Outside Looking In: Mardsen Hartley's Poetry
Marsden Hartley represents a rather contradictory figure in American art and literature. Both poet and painter—he wrote poetry during the mornings throughout most of his life and painted in the afternoons—he survived through the latter, but actively sought out literary attention and wrote about lite
Art
The Center Does Not Have To Hold: Allison Miller’s Recent Paintings
As Robert Creeley once said: “You can’t derail a train by standing directly in front of it, or, not quite. But, a tiny piece of steel, properly placed. . .” The piece of steel in this case is the work of Allison Miller, an abstract painter who began showing her paintings in Los Angeles in 2006, a de
Music
David Bowie, Prettiest Star
David Bowie was a legendary art hero, a hot tramp and an honorary young American and a true somebody person. He was a gifted actor who injected every role he played with flamboyant electricity, and he was always playing a role.
Music
Harsh Ambient Arca
Arca is a pseudonym for Alejandro Ghersi, a Venezuelan DJ/producer based in New York. He specializes in eerie, glitchy, electronic instrumentals that confound ordinary electronica categories.
Performance
Into the Heart of Darkness: Final Week of the Annual APAP Performance Festivals in New York
The whirlwind of performances accompanying the annual convention of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters in New York has come to a close, with PS122's COIL, the Public Theater's Under the Radar, HERE's Prototype, Abrons Arts Center's American Realness and other festivals wrapping up last Su
Art
Graffiti 2.0: Jeff Schwarz’s Ceramic Abstractions
To be clear, Jeff Schwarz doesn’t use paint on his ceramic paintings. The marks, swipes, smears and sprays across his surprisingly versatile surfaces are created entirely with glaze, slip and clay.
Books
How Graphic Designers Around the World Interpret Shakespeare
When the Globe Theatre along London's River Thames opened in 1599, a flag depicting Hercules hoisting a globe announced the opening of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.