Art
Captivating Highlights From the 2022 Venice Biennale
Writer and curator Laura Raicovich shares her favorite works from the exhibition and moments of elevation during her Campari-fueled trip to Venice.
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Film
The Breezy Bisexuality of Anaïs in Love
Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s directorial debut offers a twist of zest to the tired tale of a vivacious young woman pursuing romance with an older man.
Art
Abstraction From a Different Origin
Eamon Ore-Giron invites the viewer to consider culture as a collective, living concept that evolves through destabilizing identity.
Art
New Mexico’s First Risograph Studio Is All About Community
The Albuquerque studio Risolana wants to “cultivate an artmaking space as accessible as the risograph itself.”
Community
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios from Nashville, Long Island, Quebec, and Philadelphia.
News
Harvard Enslaved Over 70 People, New Report Finds
The school announced a $100 million fund to “redress” its legacies with slavery, but holds on to daguerreotypes of Tamara Lanier’s enslaved ancestors.
News
Workers at NYC’s Film Forum Are Pushing to Unionize
Staff cite just hiring practices, health and safety measures for frontline staff, and fair compensation among their reasons for organizing.
News
Ukrainian Actor Questioned by Police After Venice Biennale Guerrilla Performance
Aleksey Yudnikov placed a photo of President Putin’s face over his crotch and performed in front of the empty Russian pavilion.
News
Spanish Officials Seize Private Taxidermy Collection Worth $31M
Civil Guard agents raided a warehouse near Valencia that housed hundreds of specimens of endangered animals, including at least one extinct species.
Opinion
A Removed Columbus Monument in Chicago Makes a Baffling Return
“When monuments mislead, they are taking space that could go to other, more accurate histories, or to artworks that pose questions instead of asserting answers.”
Film
How Do We Know What’s Real in the Era of the Deepfake?
The Museum of the Moving Image show Deepfake: Unstable Evidence on Screen tries to help visitors equip themselves to discern real images from fake ones.
Books
The Heist (or Repatriation) of the Century
Portrait of a Thief imagines what would happen if some overly confident 20-somethings proved the life of museum objects isn’t as clear-cut as it seems.