News
Arts Nonprofit Cuts Ties With Wells Fargo Laguna Beach After Removal of "Controversial" Quilts
The bank removed Black Lives Matter-themed quilts after customers complained that they were “too aggressive.”
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Anonymous Was a Woman Launches New Environmental Art Grants
The organization will give $250,000 to women-identifying artists over 18 in addition to its annual awards to women over 40.
Opportunities
Opportunities in April 2022
From grants, open calls, and commissions to residencies, fellowships, and workshops, our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Art
Betsy Kaufman Puts Pressure on Geometric Abstraction
Kaufman's sculptures can go from orderly to helter-skelter, making them seem like willful renegades from an industrial assembly line.
Art
Phil Peters Bottles the Soundscape of the Global Supply Chain
The Port of Long Beach Recordings is a soundtrack to the globe's hunger for commodities, the ever-expanding growth of imported products, and the enormous system of infrastructure still insufficient to process it all.
Art
Shining a Light on the Art of the Printmaker
When prints are exhibited, the printer is generally not credited as co-creator of the work and often the print publisher or workshop is not named.
Opinion
Regarding the Pain of Others, on Social Media
While influencers market their brands using images of beauty ideals and upward mobility, grief accounts have started popping up, offering a different message.
Film
A Poignant Family Portrait in the Trappings of Sci-Fi
After Yang merges director Kogonada's fastidious attention to form with a rare empathy for the insecurity of the human condition, especially within the nuclear unit.
News
Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Rally for "Fair Contract" as Negotiations Stall
The workers called on the museum to agree to fair wages, affordable health benefits, and job protections for employees.
Film
Fire of Love Captures a Literally Volcanic Romance
Married volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft took incredible footage of eruptions. Sara Dosa’s documentary uses it to tell their unusual love story.
News
1774 Phillis Wheatley Letter Admonishing Slavery Joins Museum Collection
The letter foregrounds the contradiction between the ideals invoked at the founding of the United States and the realities of slavery.
News
Science Confirms That Life Flashes Before the Eyes Upon Death
It’s been an age-old trope in literature and film but now brain scans suggest it’s true.