Opinion
Using Black Anarchitecture to Construct a New South
This undertaking is playing out today in New Orleans, amid calls to remove the city’s 17 confederate monuments.
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Announcement
RISD Continuing Education Launches Winter Term With 100% Online Certificates
Winter programming includes over 60 online classes for adults and teens, including eight online certificate programs.
Art
Artists in Nasty Women Show Embrace the Bold, Confident, and Unapologetic
Reclaiming the infamous insult hurled at Hillary Clinton by Donald Trump, this show celebrates women’s contributions to art.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the US Government is still into classical architecture, Mary Trump talk about her uncle's loss, the new Google logos are terrible, Baby Yoda's frog problem, total landscaping for all seasons, and more.
Film
Karen Russo's Films Explore the Manipulative Power of Nazi Imagery
The filmmaker associates Third Reich ideology with the potential to lose oneself in fascination and obsession.
Art
A David Wojnarowicz Documentary Honors the Gritty, Glorious Chaos of His Life
In Wojnarowicz's work, as in his life, testing the limits of artistic categories and systemic and institutional power was central to his impassioned vision.
Books
A New, Feminist Translation of Beowulf
Maria Dahvana Headley’s breathtakingly audacious and idiomatically rich Beowulf: A New Translation is a breath of iconoclastically fresh air blowing through the old tale’s stuffy mead-hall atmosphere.
Books
History According to the Comic Book
Where indelible images restlessly bond with the ambiguity of words.
Art
What Is Bruce Nauman for?
It is neither easy nor especially relaxing to spend time with Nauman.
Art
Eric Fischl’s Privileged Bubble
Fischl finds a visual bond between the seclusion of the affluent white world and the pandemic’s enforced isolation.
News
How Do Americans Feel About the Arts? A New Survey Offers Insights
The answer depends on their politics, income level, and gender, according to a new study by American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
News
MoMA and Frick Trustees Shelled Out $900K Combined to Trump’s Campaign
Ronald S. Lauder, honorary chairman of the Museum of Modern Art’s board of trustees, and Stephen Schwarzman, a trustee at the Frick Collection, both donated significant sums to Trump’s reelection campaign according to Forbes.