News
You'll Need to Be Vaccinated to Visit NYC Museums and Galleries
Arts and culture institutions are included in the new "Key to NYC" vaccination mandate, the mayor announced today.
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Film
Inside The Viewing Booth, an Israel Supporter Reacts to Videos of the Occupation
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz’s documentary studies in real time how people rationalize and interpret the media they encounter.
Opinion
Why the Gay Pride Flag Still Matters
The rainbow, which is still perhaps the most commonly known symbol for the LGBTQIA+ community, has gone through a cultural tug of war over the years.
Art
Uncanny Images of Iran’s Windswept Coasts
Hoda Afshar’s images capture craggy, Martian-red rock formations and poetic moments of communion between individuals and landscapes.
Film
How the Myth of Barack Obama Overtook the Man (and the Politician)
A new HBO film introduces a level of nuance to its depiction of the president that’s been sorely lacking in most portrayals.
Art
Kiki Kogelnik, a Pop Artist With a Feminist Bent
Though created nearly 60 years ago, her artworks feel exuberantly contemporary.
Art
Two Forms of Sculptural Ingenuity
For Eduardo Chillida, a work was a finished thing. Gustav Metzger, on the other hand, would make works that sometimes existed in a state of perpetual evolution.
Art
Brenda Goodman’s Abstraction and Pain
In her art, Goodman seems to both revisit trauma and heal it. The results are moving and painful.
Art
Required Reading
This week, illegal COVID-19 boosters, the joys of flossing, a nonbinary medieval warrior, DIY cocktails in the Bay Area, and more.
Books
Invisible Racism in the Old West
In his debut novel, Tom Lin underscores the invisibility of the Chinese to white Americans in late 19th-century United States.
Art
The Willful Jouissance of Hannah Wilke
Wilke’s joyful effusions were a reminder of the limitlessness of the body’s creative potential.
Art
Is It Fair to Call Louise Bourgeois "Freud's Daughter"?
It's a good bet that being called his daughter would have made Bourgeois hopping mad.