Art
Derek Fordjour Conjures a Heavenly World
In "Self Must Die," Fordjour’s penchant for lush colors and surfaces dovetails with the theme of churchified rituals of remembrance.
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News
Virginia Governor Requests $11M to Replace Confederate Statues With New Artworks
Governor Northam says his new initiative to reimagine public monuments in Virginia would “shine light on previously untold stories.”
Art
Six Artists on “Making Art During a Year Unlike Any Other”
Peter Williams, Laura Krifka, and others talk about the art they’ve made these past few months, now on view at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.
Art
Picturing Wittgenstein's Children's Dictionary
With Drawings for Word Book, Paul Chan revisits the philosopher’s important text, illustrating its terms with childlike receptiveness.
Art
Enter the Rich, Vibrant Worlds of Thornton Dial
Dial World offers an exciting, if selective, opportunity to gauge the artist’s formal impact — one long overdue.
Film
50 Years of Urgent, Immersive Documentaries
The Maysles Documentary Center's online series Gimme 50 surveys work by Madeline Anderson, William Greaves, Chris Marker, and more
News
NYC Awards $47.1 Million in Grants and Pandemic Relief to Arts Organizations
More than 1,000 organizations will receive funding, the agency’s largest-ever number of award recipients for its annual program.
News
Ukraine Wants to Designate Chernobyl a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The site of the worst nuclear disaster in history has become a tourist attraction, in part due to the 2019 TV mini-series “Chernobyl.”
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University of Florida Offers a Funded MFA Degree in Its Cutting-edge Studio Art Program
Engage in experimental and intersectional research-based art-making at UF’s School of Art + Art History. Applications are open until February 1, 2021.
Books
Reynaldo Rivera's Photographs of a Los Angeles That No Longer Exists
In the 1980s and ’90s, Rivera photographed drag performers in Latinx gay bars, house parties in pre-gentrified Echo Park, and performers like Sade, Vaginal Davis, and Chaka Khan.
News
32 Museum Directors Lead Calls for German Parliament to Reverse BDS Ruling
Hundreds of artists, academics, and writers called on German parliament to reverse a resolution from last year that labels the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) as “anti-Semitic.”
Film
Celebrate Hanukkah With Films That Center Jewish Narratives
From the Coen Brother’s take on the Jewish-American experience, to a rabbi’s talking cat, stream these films during the holiday.