News
Can the Arts Help Drive Vaccinations? Yes, According to the CDC
The agency launched a comprehensive resource page for state and local health departments that want to partner with artists and arts organizations.
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Art
Hugh Hayden Confronts the Black American Dream
Hugh Hayden’s works combine elements of spaces in which Black Americans gather, heal, and memorialize.
Art
Ancient Greece and Rome Are Hot in Animation Right Now. Here’s Why.
Animation allows for creators to push the envelope in depictions of sex, violence, and other themes central to myth and history.
Film
A Mesmerizing Film Follows Two Men in Desperate Need of Connection
Taiwanese slow cinema luminary Tsai Ming-liang’s new film Days draws heartbreak and humanity out of activities as mundane as cooking and acupuncture.
News
Every Year, Artists Flock for the Chance to Win This Duck Stamp Contest
The competition raises millions of dollars annually for the preservation of wetlands and wildlife from sales of $25 duck-themed stamps.
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Instagram Censored a Pedro Almodóvar Film Poster (and Then Apologized)
Instagram temporarily took down the image showing a lactating nipple.
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40 Self-Taught Artists, Including Bill Traylor, Enter American Folk Art Museum Collection
The gift deepens the museum’s holdings of Black and Latinx artists from the US, Caribbean, and beyond.
News
Week in Review: PAIN Activists Protest at Courthouse; Fires Threaten Greek Heritage Sites
Also, a Kusama sculpture was swept into the sea by a typhoon, and more.
Art
Yoshitomo Nara Captures Children in All Their Rage and Wonder
In Nara’s paintings, children stand in as angry innocents raging against an oppressive world of adults.
Art
Take a Tour of This Artist-decorated Neighborhood in Bangalore
“Street art really helps reimagine what a place can look like,” said Yash Bhandari, a contributing artist.
Film
Dancers Bring Reggaeton and Arson to the Streets of Chile in Ema
Pablo Larraín’s intense drama expertly captures the agony and ecstasy of grief and guilt.
Books
2020: A Year Like No Other, Captured in Photos
A book forms a disturbing, diverse account of a very turbulent year.