Performance
Circle Jerk Takes the Absurdity of Modern Existence to the Extreme
Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the hybrid film/theatrical production is a dense and irreverent look at the performance of queerness.
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Art
The Ocean, a Backdrop Against Which Exploitation and Pleasure Unfold
An exhibition examines how our understanding of the natural environment has degraded both the ocean and our social systems to a perilous degree.
Art
The Endless Realities of Evelyn Statsinger's Art
Statsinger has created a world that is simultaneously microscopic and macroscopic, cellular and cosmological, wherein the inexplicable and enigmatic coexist.
News
Did Kim Kardashian Really Damage Marilyn’s Dress?
Photos showing missing sequins and tears went viral, but a closer look suggests the dress may have been damaged prior to its Met Gala debut.
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Hundreds Denounce Academy of Fine Arts Vienna's Cancelation of Lecture on Palestine
Scholar Walaa Alqaisiya's talk was pulled following accusations of antisemitism from pro-Israel groups.
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NFT Prices Drop as “Crypto Winter” Descends
Bloomberg reports that the popular Bored Ape NFTs saw a 25% decrease in average price along with other “blue-chip” tokens.
Film
A Queer Asian American Twist on Pride and Prejudice
In relocating the Jane Austen classic to a contemporary vacation haven, Fire Island explores intersecting issues of race and class in the gay community.
Art
Art, With an Asterisk
Artists Jami Porter Lara, Erin Mickelson, and Kate Ruck put terms and conditions front and center.
Art
In Venice, a Show Draws Connections Between Colonialism and Marine Ecology
The Soul Expanding Ocean at TBA21–Academy Ocean Space in Venice's Chiesa di San Lorenzo brings together two artists with different but complementary ways of engaging with oceanic histories and ecologies.
News
Smithsonian Acquires Taxidermy of First Successfully Cloned Mouse
Cumulina was created in 1997 by researchers at the University of Hawai’i and taxidermied by a local high school teacher.
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Using Spatial Reconstruction to Investigate Russia's War Crimes
Forensic Architecture and the Center for Spatial Technologies exposed the historical symbolism of a Russian strike on Kyiv TV Tower near Babyn Yar, the site of a Holocaust mass grave.
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The University President Handed Students Diplomas, They Handed Him Back Pride Flags
Denouncing the school's homophobic hiring practices, graduating students gave Seattle Pacific University's president a rainbow banner instead of shaking his hand.