Art
When Life Imitates a Wes Anderson Movie
Photographer Ava Williams’s TikTok video of an Anderson-style train ride unleashed a new cinematic subgenre on the platform.
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Books
Beware the Rise of Anti-Anti-Colonialism
Two new books by Nigel Biggar and Adam Kuper advocate for wilful amnesia and collective repression of British colonial brutality.
Film
The Comedians Who Helped Define Generation X
In the early ’90s, the Kids in the Hall transgressed boundaries of propriety, gender, sexuality, even species as an alternative to binary thinking.
Community
A View From the Easel: Grad School Edition
This week, a special edition of MFA studios at Ohio University and the University of California, Davis.
Art
You’ve Heard of the Met Gala, But Do You Know Brooklyn's “People’s Ball”?
Unlike the Met Museum's fest, this beloved Brooklyn celebration is completely free and no invitation is required.
Art
This Man's on a Mission to See All the Art in Animal Crossing IRL
Mayuren Naidoo has visited 26 museums internationally and seen 36 artworks from the beloved game so far, chronicling his trek on TikTok.
News
Is a Michelangelo Self-Portrait Hidden In His Famous Fresco?
In a new theory, scholar Adriano Marinazzo posits that Michelangelo painted himself as God in his famous Sistine Chapel fresco “The Creation of Adam.”
News
Van Gogh Still Life Renamed After Chef Catches Mistake
Sharp-eyed Dutch chef Ernst de Witte took one look at van Gogh’s “Red Cabbages and Onions” (1887) and knew something was wrong.
Art
What Does a Post-Hurricane World Look Like?
An exhibition of contemporary work by Puerto Rican artists at the Whitney captures the impossibility of going back and the difficulty of forging ahead.
Art
Required Reading
This week, digital media and virality, sleepovers at LA’s Last Bookstore, deconstructing “fusion” cuisine, Harvard’s dubious donors, Mr. Pillow owes $5M, and more.
Art
Rick Rivet Evokes His Arctic Origin
The artist’s solo exhibition in Santa Fe transports viewers away from New Mexico’s adobe-clad chile-tinged capital city.
Books
A Global History of Women's Photography Includes Over 300 Artists
This book unearths a trove of unseen images from the past two centuries.