Art
The Complicated Legacy of Barbie in Art
Long before Greta Gerwig’s movie, artists were critiquing Barbie’s influence on women — and Mattel didn't always approve.
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Art
A Brief History of Art in the Hudson Valley
From Native crafts to the influence of Augusta Savage to Kate Millet’s Art Colony for Women, the history of the region goes far beyond the River School.
Art
Required Reading
This week, threats to Silk Road monuments, the origins of “the male gaze,” social commentary in Miyazaki films, and how to explain homophobia to your straight friends.
Art
Miniature Artist’s Tiny Monet Reunited With Original
Peruvian artist Ana Sofía Casaverde visited the National Gallery of Art to see Monet’s “Woman With a Parasol,” an artwork she painstakingly copied with a needle.
Books
Barbara Brandon-Croft’s Comics Tell It Like It Is
Where I’m Coming From was the first nationally syndicated comics strip by a Black woman cartoonist.
Film
What Do We Mean by “Cinematic Feedback”?
With Feedback, Part 2, Anthology Film Archives presents experimental films that specifically bend image, sound, or both back in on themselves.
News
Wreck of Notorious Camargo Slave Ship Possibly Found Off Brazil’s Coast
The ship was stolen by American trader Nathanial Gordon, who illegally transported approximately 500 enslaved African people from Zimbabwe to Brazil.
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Art Dealer Adam Lindemann Arrested in Montauk
Lindemann, owner of the gallery Venus Over Manhattan, faces charges of criminal trespassing and harassment.
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Dealers Describe “Nightmarish” Flooding at Hamptons Art Fair
"It was a garden variety shit-show," said Margery Goldberg of Zenith Gallery, who claims the fair did not adequately plan for the storm.
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Canadian Art Institutions Weigh Facebook Ads Amid Government Ban
A proposed law will require the parent companies of Facebook and Google to share a portion of advertising revenue with local media outlets.
Books
What's Behind the Angel of History?
Annie Bourneuf's Beyond the Angel of History brilliantly shows that the significance of Paul Klee's "Angelus Novus" may still be hidden.
News
After Restoration, NYC’s Astor Place Cube Spins Again
The nearly one-ton sculpture was taken off view in May for some much-needed repairs.