Art
The Pleasures and Perils of the Amazon Rainforest
What the artworks in Amazonia offer is a means to communicate complex or abstract subjects with uncommon immediacy.
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Film
The Best Experimental Shorts at the New York Film Festival
The festival’s Currents program deserves praise for its selection of risk-taking films.
News
A Deep Dive Into the Underground World of Zines
Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines, opening next month at the Brooklyn Museum, will feature nearly a thousand works by almost 100 artists.
Books
New York Jewish Book Festival Returns for Second Run
The free, week-long event kicks off on November 12 at Lower Manhattan’s Jewish Heritage Museum.
News
Iconic “Painted Bride” Mosaic Mural in Philly Faces Demolition
Preservationists have just weeks to salvage tiles from Isaiah Zagar’s legendary artwork in Old City.
Art
Mind-Boggling Nail Art to Kick Off Spooky Season
These are not your goth grandmother’s Halloween nails.
Interview
The TikTok Creator Making Nostalgia Cool
Fungkiigrrl’s absurd, retrofuturist TikToks connect us to places and things we know we can never experience again.
Film
The Story of a Woman Hollywood Tried to Forget
Aurora Mardiganian survived the Armenian Genocide and found freedom in the United States before realizing that the entertainment system she trusted with her story prioritized profit over her pain.
Art
Paula Rego’s Animal Farm
To enter Rego’s paintings of the 1980s is to step into a tumbling, chaotic world of animals living out modern human life.
Art
The Past and Futures of African Metal Arts
SIGHTLINES increases the visibility of African art, bringing metal arts from the 19th and 20th centuries together with works by contemporary African artists.
Art
Ludovic Nkoth’s Fleeting Feelings of Home
Through his practice, Cameroon-born Ludovic Nkoth continuously grasps to connect threads of home as it remains a shape-shifting and ever-moving target.
Art
Finding the Soul of Orange County
Artists Susy Bielak and Fred Schmalz sifted through archives and interviewed community members to tell a more complete and complex story of the region.