Art
The Kaleidoscopic World of Amish Women’s Quilts
The quilts in Pattern and Paradox exist at the intersections of tradition and innovation, the humble and the spectacular.
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Richard Whitten’s Perspectival Sleight of Hand
Cheerfully disquieting and unapologetically erudite, his paintings ask viewers to embrace the illusion.
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Another Tourist Has Carved Initials Into an Ancient Pompeii House
The man is accused of defacing a heritage site under a new law meant to crack down on the vandalization of Italy’s cultural monuments.
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Brenda Goodman’s Unknowable Language of Grief
The fluidity of the artist’s line parallels her thought process and openness to taking unexpected paths, often prompted by a memory or life event.
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Lulú Varona’s Visions of Puerto Rican Solidarity
The artist’s embroidered works suggest the need for collectivity to overcome common struggles such as environmental destruction.
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1,700-Year-Old Gaza Monastery Designated World Heritage in Danger
Saint Hilarion is one of the oldest Christian sites in the region and home to a plethora of intricate mosaics.
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“A Very Old Dream”: NYC to Get Its First Dominican Culture Center
The institution will offer free exhibitions and performances and lead a project to record the oral histories of Dominicans in Washington Heights.
Film
Why Do We Expect Ancient Romans to Have British Accents in Movies?
Most of the objectors to Denzel Washington’s accent are men who think too much about the Roman Empire. Here’s how the accent has changed throughout cinema.
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Lita Albuquerque’s Longing for Tunisia
The prolific artist recreated her 1978 landwork “Malibu Line” on the site of her former family home in June, marking a new chapter in her cosmological oeuvre.
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Photos of Olympic Divers’ Faces Have the Internet in Tears
For professional sports photographers, the bizarre expressions are a mark of incredible athletic agility.
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How Five Women Artists Made It Happen in 1970s LA
A two-part, bicoastal exhibition centers a group of artists united by their distinctive DIY spirit, subversive humor, and common interest in feminism.
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Sprawling Sculpture Series Blooms Across Harlem’s Parks
Two dozen works by artists of color document identity, diaspora, and tradition in the neighborhood’s first large-scale public art exhibition.