Opinion
The Louvre Shouldn't Exhibit Trafficked Antiquities from Libya and Syria
The museum forgets that it is already a violent graveyard of colonial-era cultural trophies removed from their homelands under dubious circumstances.
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Books
The Stunning Scope of Carrie Mae Weems’s Vision
A new book offers a deep dive into Weems’s influential career.
Comics
An Artist's Unlikely Enemy
They're not out to get you, are they?
Art
A Dazzling Corrective to the White-washing of Ancient Rome
Focused on mosaics, the only technique whose color doesn’t fade over time, Colors of the Romans helps audiences look at the ancient society as those living then would have seen it.
Art
Over 100 Unpublished Hokusai Drawings Resurface in New Exhibition
Created nearly 200 years ago for the artist’s unpublished The Great Picture Book of Everything, the works will go on view at the British Museum.
News
Belarus Targets Cultural Sector, Moving to Liquidate Country’s PEN Chapter
PEN Belarus is one of 50 of civil rights organizations facing closure.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Lucia Hierro's oversized sculptures of shopping bags, the billionaire obsession with outer space, shutting out comic book artists, Ishmael Reed, bad book tropes, and more.
Art
Alice Neel's Haunting Portrait of Domestic Abuse
Alice Neel: People Come First yielded a work I had never seen and that I will never unsee.
Art
QTPOC Artists Mine the Power of Intimacy
The Self Maintenance Resource Center is a living archive of personal, creative, and intellectual inspiration for artists.
Books
British Poetry's New Avant-Garde
British poetry is really as energetic and varied as its American counterpart.
Art
Ragna Róbertsdóttir’s Landscapes in Lava
The Icelandic artist fashions sculptures and wall works from the primary substance of her volcanic and volatile homeland.
Art
The Trouble with Capitalist Utopias
Maybe a sense of belonging is a thing of the past, a sign of privilege.