Film
A New Film Series in New York Looks Back at Japan's Taisho Period
The Japan Society will screen six iconic films that explore the years 1912–1926, “a new modern era” marked by progressive reforms and a blossoming of the arts.
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Art
Artist’s Posters of Palestinians Killed by Israeli Strikes Emerge Across US
Open-source, printable, and designed for guerilla distribution, Ash Lukashevsky’s flyers are “a small way of insisting on Palestinians’ humanity."
News
Hundreds Call Out Museums' Role in Colonialism in March for Palestine
The American Museum of Natural History in New York closed its main entrance as protesters rallied outside the institution, which was barricaded by police.
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While Others Remain Silent, These Art Spaces Are Vocally Pro-Palestine
Outside of the blue-chip art world, some galleries and nonprofits are speaking out freely and publicly against Israel’s attacks.
Opportunities
Opportunities in December 2023
Residencies, fellowships, grants, open calls, and jobs from Banff Centre, Tusen Takk, UC Davis, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
News
Three-Story-Tall Banksy Mural Destroyed as UK Building Demolished
The anonymous street artist made the work in 2017, a year after Brexit, to criticize Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.
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Climate Activists Disrupt Met Opera's Opening Night
“No opera on a dead planet,” shouted the protesters during the second act of Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
Guide
12 Art Shows to See in New York This December
This month: The irreverent feminist art of Marta Minujín, Molly Crabapple channels Toulouse-Lautrec, Sonya Kelliher-Combs’s cryptic visual lexicon, and much more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Israel destroys Gaza’s main library; a queer, climate-conscious song from Yo-Yo Ma; a giant pottery wheel, Spotify Wrapped, and more.
Art
The Eternal Life of Stone in Art
It’s easy to think of stone as static, immutable, but as Eternal Medium shows, stone is a slice of the earth itself, as alive as the artists who mold and shape it.
Art
Carmen Selam’s Debut Comic Is Self-Love Medicine
In the limited-edition risograph comic Rezbians, Selam shares a solution for the scarcity of queer Indigenous representation in pop culture.
Art
Inside One of the Largest Collections of Sex Artifacts
Curator Rebecca Fasman shares her top picks in the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, from a phallic Egyptian amulet to novelty condoms.