Art
Deconstructing the Masculinity of Hercules
Artist Kyle Staver’s portrayal of the mythic hero feels balanced, as if to say: sure, the 12 labors are absurd, but isn’t all human endeavor?
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Film
Kelly Reichardt Probes What Keeps Artists from Doing Work
Her recent film Showing Up features Michelle Williams as a sculptor who’s constantly driven to distraction.
News
Vandals Graffiti Documenta Exhibition Space of Palestinian Artist Group
The show's curators called it "a politically motivated threat" toward the artist collective The Question of Funding, members of whom have been the target of antisemitism accusations.
Art
Commemorating the Life of Christina Yuna Lee
with her name, penetrate earth’s floor remembers the Korean-American creative producer who was murdered in Lower Manhattan at age 35.
Film
The World of Music Video Is Finally Adopting Restoration Efforts
As videos shot on film get refurbished for the digital age, we’re discovering more and more fascinating artifacts in the original materials.
Community
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in the Hudson Valley, New Hampshire, California, and New York City.
Opinion
The Unseen Depths of Winslow Homer's “The Gulf Stream”
In this moment of racial reckoning, we cannot continue viewing Homer's masterpiece as an apolitical seascape painting.
News
“Too Many Bros”: In Prank, NFT Dating App Shuts Down Over Lack of Women
The joke reflects crypto’s larger gender inequity problem.
News
The Precarious Lives of Freelance Photographers on the Frontlines
Underpaid and under-resourced, funding their own equipment and health insurance, freelance photojournalists are barely hanging on — and risking their lives.
News
Man Smears Mona Lisa With Cake at the Louvre
"Think of the planet,” said the vandal, who claimed to be a climate activist and was disguised as a woman in a wheelchair.
Art
Mary Beth Edelson Celebrated the Goddess Within
Edelson followed the hunch that if women artists didn’t create this history for themselves, no one would.
Art
A Meditation on Biotech's Cycles of Healing and Harm
Sharona Franklin's artwork is a celebration and commemoration of what is gained and lost with scientific advances that result in biohazardous waste.