Film
In Sound of Metal, There Are No Small Sufferings
Darius Marder’s Oscar-nominated film is less about the Deaf community than about the process of losing a sense inextricably tied to one’s identity.
Latest
Books
Joan Mitchell, More Like a Poet
Curators and scholars have increasingly highlighted the importance of poetry to Mitchell's art, though usually with so much circumspection that the link still remains obscure.
In Brief
Required Reading
This week, Mister Rogers's cardigans, the myth of Noblesse Oblige, inequity at a LA museum, digital media's issues, and more.
Art
The Starkly Poignant Prints of William Kentridge
Viewed in 2021, Kentridge’s preference for black and white strikes as an urging to see issues of morality more clearly.
Opinion
How to Build Resilient Black Arts Organizations
For three and a half years, I ran Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn while dealing with issues of precarity.
Film
An Elder Takes a Stand Against a Lesotho Dam Project
Lesotho's Oscar submission This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection is a stirring look at resistance to injustice done in the name of "progress."
News
Dots for Days: Kusama Blooms at the New York Botanical Garden
Cosmic Nature invites viewers to celebrate the artist’s joyful, creative energy after a year of loss and grieving.
News
Anti-Racist Activists Say They Used a Stolen Confederate Monument as a Toilet
White supremacy is shitty.
News
The Louvre Digitizes 482,000 Artworks From the Depths of Its Collection
"The Louvre is dusting off its treasures, even the least-known," said the museum's director.
News
Week in Review: Asian American Arts Workers Denounce White Supremacy; NFT Prices Plummet
Also, Philly activists plan a protest at the Penn Museum to demand the repatriation of the stolen skulls of enslaved people, and more.
Art
A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in Illinois, New York, and Connecticut.
Art
A Joyous, Sorrowful Archive of Birthday Messages for Lives Lost to Police
1-800 Happy Birthday takes a simple yet ambitious approach to the epidemic of racial violence.