Film
Indian TV Show Draws Criticism After Dalit Writer Alleges Appropriation
Yashica Dutt has pointed out similarities between her life’s story and one of the characters in Made in Heaven.
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Books
A Multi-Generational Gee's Bend Story, Told by One Quilt
Stitching Love and Loss narrates the history of the Pettway family, the community of Gee’s Bend, and the entwined tragedies of slavery and Indigenous dispossession.
Film
Ja’Tovia Gary Reimagines Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
Her short film Quiet As It’s Kept captures the essence of Morrison’s first novel with the same foreboding precision.
Art
The World’s UnFair in Queens Echoes Calls to Give Native Land Back
The New Red Order exhibition asks visitors to contemplate their relationship with the land and very simply — to give it back.
Art
Three Shows Celebrate Chicago’s Latine Art Heritage
What better way to celebrate the centennial of Chicago artist and community organizer Carlos Cortéz than with a trio of exhibitions dedicated to the intersections between Latine printmaking and politics?
Film
The Trailblazing Black Model Who Changed the Fashion Industry
To say that Bethann Hardison has contributed to racial progress in one of the world’s most whitewashed realms is an understatement. But a new documentary about her life might have gone a step too far.
News
Police Guard German Museum in Response to Right-Wing Threats
Staff reportedly received online threats over the museum’s “safe space” time slot for visitors of color during its This Is Colonial exhibition workshop.
News
16 Climate Protesters Arrested at MoMA
Activists blocked the institution's entrance and staged a “die-in” inside the museum, condemning MoMA's board chair's ties to the fossil fuel industry.
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Fernando Botero, Colombian Artist of Curvy Figures, Dies at 91
The plumpness that stands out in Botero’s work represented not a commentary on fatness but rather the artist’s appreciation for curvature and form.
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Artists and Activists Plan Mass Actions on Anniversary of Mahsa Amini's Death
Protests and exhibitions against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s authoritarian regime will take place in dozens of cities across the US.
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Native Artists Fear Proposed Changes to Indian Arts and Crafts Act
Many worry that the broad language of the new changes will be abused by corporate manufacturers and undermine legal protections.
Art
Required Reading
This week, influencers get paid to feed you crap, Naomi Klein’s “doppelganger,” the best Burning Man takedown, and why are we all calling each other “girl”?