Opinion
Tagging “Me Too” on a Courbet Is Not the Feminism We Need
Deborah De Robertis’s protest performance signifies precisely what is wrong with current feminist discourse.
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Required Reading
This week, remembering writer Alice Munro, double standards for student protesters, the cinematic history of cigarettes, BBC’s iconic jingle, and more.
Film
Man Ray’s Beguiling and Bemusing Filmscapes
Man Ray’s Return to Reason film series anticipated the extent to which the motion picture would inform how we curate and call up memory.
Art
The Monstrous Femininity of Maureen St. Vincent
The artist’s aquatic pastels represent women who cannot be domesticated or controlled.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I like to work in the afternoon and evening when the sun is crescendoing to absorb the beauty of the golden hour.”
News
Leonora Carrington Masterpiece Sells for $28.5M, Shattering Records
The Surrealist work, acquired by Argentinian museum founder Eduardo F. Costantini, makes Carrington the most valuable UK-born woman artist on the public market.
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After Shift to Indigenous Governance, Forge Project Names New Fellows
The six artists, musicians, and advocates will each receive a $25,000 grant and a three-week residency this summer in the Mahicannituck (Hudson River) Valley.
Books
How the Black Meme Turns a Trope Into a Trap
Legacy Russell’s Black Meme argues that owning, replicating, and remediating Black material is a theft rooted in historical frameworks of subordination.
Guide
Six New York Shows to Close Out Your May
The beautiful and the bad — paintings and otherwise — make an impression in galleries this month.
Art
In Weaving Abstraction, Textiles Travel Through Space and Time
The Met show pays tribute to the designs and technical innovations of long-ago weavers and the 20th-century artists who took inspiration from them.
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The Complex Legacy and Uncertain Future of Austin’s Mexic-Arte Museum
Despite its legacy as a hub of Latinx art, the institution has been housed in a dilapidated building for decades and, more recently, faced allegations of discrimination.
Art
Portrait of King Charles Gives New Meaning to “Bloody Hell”
The painting by British artist Jonathan Yeo was met with a torrent of memes, online reactions, and expressions of puzzlement.