Books
Poems About the Business of Being a Poet
Kent Johnson skewers the silliness of the swarming poetry world.
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Music
The Heavenly Queens of R&B
Sharp, smooth, smoky new albums from Toni Braxton, Chloe x Halle, Ariana Grande, and K. Michelle.
Art
Required Reading
* The CDC revealed Santa Claus is immune to COVID. * Architect David Adjaye discusses his plans with Alex Marshall of the New York Times for an institution to house looted treasures on their to return to Nigeria: There have been calls for a museum housing the Benin Bronzes in Nigeria for
News
After Poets House Shutters and Announces Layoffs, Ex-Staff Accuse Leadership of Retaliation
The poetry nonprofit says it closed and laid off staff this week due to financial stress, but workers claim their unionizing efforts and workplace complaints are behind the move.
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Why Does Facebook Keep Rejecting Our Products?
Some of our favorite gifts, books, toys, and more that, to our best guess, were simply too hot for the social network to handle.
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Fall 2020 Vertical Studios at SCI-Arc Offer Architectural Intervention Through Pedagogy
Each semester, students at the Southern California Institute of Architecture can enroll in specialized design studios with faculty and visiting architects.
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The Future Is Now: Sci-Fi PPE Enters the Market
From helmets that filter your air, to a fishtank-esque bubble, these new PPE options can make you feel safer, but also fit right in on a Star Trek set.
News
In Abrupt Announcement, Philadelphia Museum of Art Closes and Furloughs Staff
In an email to staff, PMA’s director Timothy Rub wrote that furloughed workers will include staffers “whose job responsibilities depend on the museum being open to the public."
Art
Alison Saar, the Alchemist
Saar makes work that engages the body and the spirit, work that she hopes audiences will find a way to connect with.
Art
The Absurdist Echoes of Tudor Tyranny
Cate Giordano’s immersive tableaux hurl the viewer headfirst into a historical clusterfuck that eerily recalls the present day.
Community
A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in Baltimore, Brooklyn, and Queens.
Announcement
2020 Taipei Biennial Launches Grand Opening
You and I Don’t Live on the Same Planet questions geopolitical tensions and the worsening ecological crisis by examining human differences and influences from a planetary perspective.