Books
Roni Horn’s Memories and Meditations About Weather
Prosaic and profound, Horn’s book "Island Zombie" feels like standing before art again.
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Art
Required Reading
This week, Langston Hughes's Xmas postcards, why we need a Latinx museum, disability in art conservation, the world's most stolen painting, and more.
Books
This Be the Verse: Our Favorite Poetry Books of 2020
John Yau and Albert Mobilio select a few choice titles from the past year.
Art
The Year Without Art, 2020
Every individual loss carries the resonance of collective loss, the ripple of disappearance.
Interview
Beer With a Painter: Lisa Corinne Davis
“Artists are cultural critics — but painting is a language.”
Books
Does Anyone Believe in Sculpture?
In "Shaping the World: Sculpture from Prehistory to Now," the issue crying out to be addressed is: where will sculpture go next?
Music
Flo Milli, Rap Queen
She knows you love to be entertained.
History
The Forgotten Federally Employed Artists
Why are the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) artist programs less well known than the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects for being an instance when the federal government employed artists en masse?
Books
This Anthology of Trans Poetics Channels a Spirit of Dissent
We Want It All positions poetry as an everyday weapon, formidable against the cruel mundane.
Art
A Surreal Portrait of Solitude and Isolation During 2020
Running like a red thread through Marcel Alcalá’s paintings and ceramics is a quiet foreboding, winding along the ocean floor of the subconscious.
Community
A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in Los Angeles, Houston, and Washington, DC.
News
Japanese Shop Sells Hyperrealistic 3D-printed Face Masks
As if 2020 wasn’t weird enough, a Japanese company is now selling hyper-realistic 3D-printed masks that allow you to practically wear someone else’s face.