History
Blowback Explores the Messy History of US Interventionism
The well-researched podcast has done deep dives into US attempts at regime change in Iraq and Cuba, with its new season tackling the Korean War.
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Books
How Has Gandhi Influenced Artists?
Gandhi was an excellent mass communicator who created rich symbolic value through his persona, gestures, and actions — all of which translated into commanding visuals.
News
Play EmilyBlaster, a Computer Game Based on Emily Dickinson's Poetry
The game instructs players to recreate the poet’s starkish, rhyming prose by shooting at moving words from a fixed point, with hilarious results.
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Guggenheim Museum Director Richard Armstrong to Step Down
Armstrong, a controversial figure at the institution, held the position for over 14 years.
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Queer Arts Space Cancels Documenta Programming After Harassment Incidents
The New Delhi-based gallery and performance space Party Office wants Documenta to offer a public apology after artists reported incidents of racism and transphobic harassment in Kassel.
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Hagia Sophia’s Marble Floors Suffer "Tremendous Damage,” Reports Say
Images circulating online appear to show cracked and damaged floors caused by heavy cleaning machinery used at the historic structure.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Kate Bush makes a comeback, Boris Johnson goes home, stop saying "OK Boomer," and more.
Art
Met Exhibition Brings Back the Color to Ancient Sculptures
Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color reminds us, once again, that our view of the ancient world is whitewashed.
Art
Pope.L Invites Us to “Enter The Mess” When Things Fall Apart
Whether through expansion or confusion, Pope.L plays with the instability of time and shows how tapping into this instability can unlock creative shifts in thinking.
Art
Sean Scully's Abstract Paintings Have Stories to Tell
Minimalism sought to empty out narrative pictorial content. Scully's goal has been to put it back.
Books
New Book Reveals the British Security Service's Surveillance of Major Artists
Red List lists a vast range of painters, sculptors, filmmakers, writers, and academics who were tracked by the MI5 for their perceived political affiliations.
Art
Samuel Delany, Grand Master of Afrofuturism
Surveying decades of his writing and criticism, Occasional Views contributes to a greater understanding of Delany’s unimpeachable stature.