Art
Required Reading
This week, debunking Christmas myths, Brian Eno on NFTs, artists we lost in 2021, garbage internet trends, and more.
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Comics
When Artists Give Gifts
What could it be?
Art
Rethinking Kandinsky
The problem with many of Kandinsky’s abstractions is that they don’t offer enough immediate visual information to “crack” his expressive code for color and form.
Books
Painter Edith Schloss Remembers a Life Lived in Art
Schloss’s The Loft Generation creates a mirror-memoir, as literary portraiture doubles as veiled self-portraiture.
Film
Bruno Dumont’s France Is a Cogent, if Convoluted, Critique of Celebrity Culture
This may not be a great film, but its narrative and tonal weaknesses throw into relief just how strong Léa Seydoux is as its thumping heart.
Art
Paintings Rather Than Pictures
This desire to go beyond the ordinary without forgetting its existence seems to be one motivation that Jane Freilicher and Thomas Nozkowski shared.
Opinion
How the Met Museum Justifies Looting
The African Origins exhibition ignores the fact that approximately 160 objects from Benin are held by the museum under ongoing demands for their repatriation.
Art
This Be the Verse: Our Favorite Poetry Books 2021 (Mostly)
John Yau and Albert Mobilio select a few choice titles from the past year.
Film
Denzel Washington Stars in a New Black-and-White Macbeth
Working for the first time without his brother Ethan, Coen’s film adaptation, featuring Denzel Washington as Macbeth, embraces the text with unusual faithfulness.
News
If They Only Knew: Brits Rank Museum Curators Among Top 5 Most Trusted Professions
Also, advanced degree holders were more likely to trust curators to tell the truth, exposing gaps in the way the profession is perceived.
News
Life-Sized, 3D-Printed Statue of Maradona Lands in Buenos Aires Airport
The sculpture of the fútbol star in Ezeiza Airport stands at five feet five inches, Maradona's height.
Announcement
MFA, MA, and PhD Programs to Apply for by Early 2022
Organized by geographic regions, a list of arts-related graduate programs to explore and apply to before deadlines close.