Art
How Soutine Showed de Kooning a Way Out
It seems to me that Soutine’s complete lack of interest in the cubists’ desire for order was exactly what appealed to de Kooning.
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Art
Unraveling Rodin’s Artistic Mystique
A corrective to the sculptor’s self-aggrandizing, The Making of Rodin draws attention to the hidden figures who made his work possible.
Film
How Tennis Star Naomi Osaka Handles the Pressure of Competition
Garrett Bradley’s Netflix docuseries explores the tennis star as a vessel for other people’s love and aspirations.
Opinion
What Art by Neanderthals Teaches Us About Our Own Gender Bias
A 2013 study which analyzed the size of handprints accompanying animal drawings found that women were more likely to have made them.
News
Innovative Curatorial Projects in Prints and Drawings
From Betye Saar’s travel journals to early paper silhouettes, projects and exhibitions promise to be fascinating.
Film
In M. Night Shyamalan’s New Thriller, a Beach Rapidly Ages Anyone Who Visits
Old literalizes the adage about how life passes you by in a flash, to horrifying effect.
News
Looted 10th-century Cambodian Statue Is Going Home
The widespread looting of antiquities was common in Cambodia from the mid-1960s into the 1990s.
News
Artists Concerned Over Instagram's New "Sensitive Content" Controls
The social media giant defines sensitive content as "posts that don’t necessarily break our rules, but could potentially be upsetting to some people."
News
Week in Review: Uffizi Gallery Sues Pornhub; Cuban Artists Arrested
Also, protesters demanded the resignation of the Museum of Chinese in America's director, and more.
Film
75 Years On, How Cinema Remembers the Holocaust
With those who directly experienced the events dwindling in number, films about the Holocaust must now grapple with what “Never forget” truly means.
Art
Frank, Greek, and Gay: Modernist Painter Yannis Tsarouchis Is Finally Getting His Due
Dancing in Real Life makes a strong case for recognizing the Greek painter as a pioneer of queer art.
Podcast
Understanding Why a Harvard Museum Will Return Standing Bear’s Tomahawk
Attorney Brett Chapman explains why this Ponca heirloom should be returned to Native Americans.