Art
The Uneasy History of Swimming and Race, as Relayed Through Art
Swimming has been racialized for 3,000 years, but for most of that time it was Africans who were good swimmers, and Europeans who tried to keep up.
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Art
Prado Museum Hangs Replicas of Goya, Velázquez, and More Around Madrid
The initiative opens the Prado’s collection to the public and provokes unexpected encounters with art.
Film
The Underrated Nonfiction Films of Jia Zhangke
While the Chinese director has won acclaim for movies like A Touch of Sin and Ash Is Purest White, his documentaries are an equally vital part of his oeuvre.
Interview
Gazan Artist Speaks About a Lifetime of Trauma and War
“We live in constant fear of censorship. No artist should have that fear,” says 21-year-old artist Malak Mattar.
News
Julie Mehretu Painting Could Raise $4M for Mass Incarceration Reform
“It is way past time for a collective reimagining of crime and punishment as we know it,” the artist said.
News
Sign Your Name to Ensure New Latino Culture Museum Is Built on the National Mall
The public can now add their name to a letter addressed to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch urging him to enact a plan that ensures the new building gets a proper place on the Mall.
News
Belarusian Police Raid Homes of Curators, Detaining Five
A Belarusian art exhibition untangling the country’s response to the coronavirus was closed by authorities this March, leading to the arrest of several of its organizers.
Opinion
The Very Real “Motherhood Penalty” in the Art World
Cultural institutions are constantly draining their talent pool and dismissing this retention problem as a woman’s issue, when it is a structural failure.
Art
Lingering in the Crossroads Between the Human and the Divine
In her US debut, Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro charts the boundless potential of the spiritual in-between.
News
Brooklyn Museum Workers Move to Unionize
While the museum is often billed as a progressive institution, some workers have spoken out against a starkly different reality behind closed doors.
Art
Revealing the Prickly Side of Imperial “Soft Power”
A collaboration between Carriage Trade and Rectangle, Hearts and Minds analyzes the deceptive repackaging of Western imperialism.
Art
Navigating Home, the Way Children Might See It
Stuck at home as we have been, Busy Work at Home invites us to rediscover our sense of wonder.