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.
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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.
Art
The Surprising Mix of Tradition and Innovation in Nepal’s Contemporary Art Scene
The work of many of Nepal's contemporary artists suggests that the distinctions between labels like ancient and modern, or foreign and Nepali, will blur if you shift your point of view.
Art
Freedom in Body and Water
Sama Alshaibi’s Four Series draws on historical sources, contexts, and techniques to articulate the definitions and exploitations of freedom.
Art
Delicately Balancing Psychoanalysis and Art History in a Van Gogh Exhibition
Popular perceptions of van Gogh are often preoccupied with heart-wrenching accounts of mental illness, but Van Gogh: Self Portraits avoids speculative psychoanalytic readings of one tortured face after another.
Art
The Films of Jonas Mekas Are More Often Discussed Than Seen
A vigorous advocate for the avant-garde, the filmmaker often neglected to promote himself.
Art
Mungo Thomson's Elegies to an Analogue World
Thomson's videos conjure up the weird sublimity of internet wormholes, the familiar, swaddling mindlessness of allowing oneself to be swept up in a deluge of content and carried — where?