Art
A Feminist Take on Medieval Statuary
Funky and elegant by turn, Ann Agee's ceramic Madonnas testify to an imagination run wild.
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Art
Theaster Gates Finds Community in Labor
Gates joins ideas of labor, function, and property with aesthetic and art historical concerns.
Art
Painting and Time's Winged Chariot
Paint's materiality has a capacity to release meaning into the work, to underscore our vulnerable bodily presence in the world and time.
News
Penn Museum Workers Accuse Leadership of Union-Busting Tactics
Workers are charging the museum's leadership with "obstructing the free and fair election process through anti-union activity."
News
Emoji Trends From Around the World, From Flirting to Empathy
An Adobe survey found that 67% of emoji users think people who use emoji are friendlier, funnier, and cooler than those who don’t.
News
What Emoji Will 2021 Bring?
And yet, no icon to capture the existential longing of 2021.
News
$5M Grant Will Extend Disability Futures Initiative Through 2025
The inaugural Disability Futures Fellows include Carolyn Lazard, Christine Sun Kim, and Tourmaline.
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.