Books
Only Poetry Can Interrogate Sex
Language caresses the tongue.
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Art
Satirical Corporate Website Brands Ecofascism
Samuel Marion’s satirical corporate website shows how the far right might leverage environmentalism to justify white supremacist agendas.
Books
Poems of Spiritual Quest and Musical Yearning
Joseph Donahue's verse is rarely melodramatic, but rather humane and temperate, even when the insights are startling.
Art
The Trove of Hanukkah Treasures In New York City's Public Collections
A bright pink silicon menorah in the Jewish Museum, a pair of Hanukkah hymns from a medieval prayer book in the New York Public Library, and other gems.
News
LA County Department of Arts and Culture Awards $12 Million in Relief Grants
The nonprofits, many smaller in size, are now saying they can finally “focus on work.”
News
Arts Leaders Call for Senior Executives to Resign at Americans for the Arts
“Questions from this council about AFTA’s racial equity work have been met with resistance, claims of capacity issues, and defensiveness,” says a letter signed by 14 out of 15 elected members of AFTA’s Arts Education Advisory Council.
News
“Aachoo!!": Banksy’s Latest Coronavirus Commentary Appears in Bristol
After the mural appeared on the for-sale home, its owners swiftly took the house off the market to consider their next steps.
Announcement
Tulsa Artist Fellowship Provides Extraordinary Support
The award includes a $40,000 stipend, plus fully subsidized living and studio space for two years in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
News
Republican Senator Blocks Votes to Establish Smithsonian Museums for Latino Culture and Women
On the evening of the vote, Senator Mike Lee of Utah said the US does not need “separate but equal” museums.
Film
Celebrating the Creativity, Comradery, and Activism of Japan's Queer Community
The documentary Queer Japan talks to LGBTQ+ people all over the country.
History
How Scientists Use and Abuse Portraiture
Many scientific studies assume that the features of painted faces are the facts of the flesh-and-blood countenances to which they refer. This assumption is not only false; it is preposterous.
Art
Tomás Esson’s Whirling Gyroscopes of Paint
In The GOAT, tongues, butts, and spillage all combine, expressing a delightful reverence of the corporeal.