News
$5M Grant Will Extend Disability Futures Initiative Through 2025
The inaugural Disability Futures Fellows include Carolyn Lazard, Christine Sun Kim, and Tourmaline.
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Books
Enough with the Ableist Worship of Frida Kahlo
Emily Rapp Black’s new book cuts through self-serving interpretations of disabled bodies like Kahlo’s, which have long emphasized the comfort or pleasure of others.
Art
Jean Dubuffet’s Highs and (Controversial) Lows
Curiously, Dubuffet’s anti-hierarchical approach to art did not translate to similar views on society.
Opinion
Why Visiting a Museum Is Like Seeing My Friends in Jail
The development office thinks I love this museum. But no, I come to see the objects, just like I visit my friends.
Film
Anthony Bourdain’s Lasting Impact on How We Look at Food and Travel
A new documentary is coming out about Bourdain, but one could learn even more about his ethos by looking at the various TV programs he hosted.
Film
An Eight-Hour Film Captures the Rhythms of Farming Life in Rural Japan
The Works and Days is a quiet epic, using its length to capture the rhythms of rural life and its desecration by urbanization better than any conventional movie could.
Film
Hong Sang-soo’s Latest Film Probes How People Portray Themselves
The Woman Who Ran has a laid-back vibe and relaxingly repetitious structure, but that conceals a complex character study.
News
Land Artist Nancy Holt's Papers Acquired by Smithsonian Archives
Also included are plans for two site-specific projects that were never fully realized: “Sky Mound” (1984–) and “Solar Web” (1984–89).
News
Week in Review: Sacklers Temporarily Banned From Naming Institutions; Venice Bans Cruise Ships
Also, activists accuse the Museum of Chinese in America of contributing to gentrification of New York's Chinatown, and more.
News
Nearly 800 Works by Theodore Roszak Acquired by Minneapolis Institute of Art
Though he is best known for his sculpture, Roszak drew throughout his life, typically for several hours a day.
Film
Wes Anderson’s Latest Conjures a Confectionary Vision of France
The infamously elaborate director’s new film takes us to Ennui-Sur-Blasé, where employees of a US newspaper get into whimsical capers.
News
Protesters Chant “Boycott MOCA” at Museum of Chinese in America Reopening
While visitors watched performances in the museum’s lobby, protesters pressed placards against the windows, chanting slogans like “Boycott MOCA” and “Chinatown is not for sale.”