Music
Phonetic Yeetcraft
Anybody who can parse two consecutive words on the new Young Thug record should pursue a career in speech therapy.
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Interview
Beer with a Painter, LA Edition: Henry Taylor
The painter Henry Taylor welcomed me into his live-work loft with particular openness. It didn’t take long for us to get real and talk about family, the stories behind the paintings, and the daily struggles.
Art
Earned Magic: Alison Hall's Deceptive Monochromes
Alison Hall’s small, smart, monochromatic panels are clear, compact and not at all what they seem.
Art
Marriage Equality for All! #LoveWins
Today is a wonderful day for equality, as LGBTQ couples are now able to marry anywhere in the United States just like their heterosexual peers.
News
Escaped Convicts Swapped Celebrity Portrait Paintings for Tools
Art may calm disturbed minds, but Richard Matt's knack for drawing didn't keep him from snapping his 72-year-old boss's neck in 1997.
In Brief
Nude Drawing Classes Are Therapy for Middle-Aged Japanese Virgins
The Hollywood trope of the 40-year-old virgin, lampooned in Steve Carrell's 2005 film, isn't a joke in Japan.
Art
The Calm and Controversy of 12 Horses in an Art Gallery
For a gallery with 12 horses and a line of visitors stretching out the door, Gavin Brown's enterprise is exceptionally hushed.
News
Transatlantic Trade Agreement Could Spell Disaster for Culture
We all know about NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, but TTIP, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership currently being brokered between the United States and European Union, has received some attention in Europe and remarkably little in the US.
Opinion
Celebrating Marriage Equality in the US with Tom of Finland
Today the United States Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage — henceforth known simply as "marriage" — is protected by the Constitution.
Art
A Guide to the 20th-Century Artists' Graves of New York City
Following our exploration of the artist graves in New York City from the 19th and early 20th centuries, we continue into the 20th and 21st centuries.
Art
Seeing Mexico Through the Lens of One of Its Great Cinematographers
When it comes to the celebrity of film crews, fame is not fickle; it dotes lovingly on the director.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: a number of rock paintings were documented for the first time in Colombia's Chiribiquete national park, David Shrigley designed a mascot for the Partick Thistle football club, and New York's Stonewall Inn received landmark status.