Art
Prado Museum Reopens With a Hard Look at Spanish Sexism
"Uninvited Guests" looks at sexism in Spain during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and at the museum’s own essential role in perpetuating it.
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Film
The Best of Bite-Sized Films on the Criterion Channel
From a stop-motion musical to a documentary about a man befriending a hyena pack, here are some short films you should check out.
News
Mystery Monolith has Disappeared From Utah Desert Overnight
The monolith has since been replaced with a new abstract sculpture, creating the shape of an arrow to mark the sculpture’s former location.
News
Cuban Security Forces Raid Artist-activist Headquarters
Members of the San Isidro Movement had been trapped inside the apartment for over a week, surrounded by Cuban state security, after staging a peaceful demonstration.
Film
Who Should Get the Credit for Citizen Kane? The Great Debate Continues
The new Hollywood period piece Mank revives an old controversy over the acclaimed film.
News
New Auction Platform Will Contribute to HBCU Art History Scholarships
Greenhouse Auctions, launching its inaugural sale on December 2, will help fund scholarships for students at over 50 historically Black colleges and universities.
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Message from the Library with Molly Crabapple
Join award-winning artist, writer, and author Molly Crabapple as she presents Brooklyn Public Library’s next Message from the Library
Art
Watching Whiteness Shift to Blue Via Nationalist Aesthetics
Since the 1950s policing has presented itself as a “thin blue line” against disorder — a dog-whistle connecting the Civil Rights Movement to the mobility of Black people and white fears about the loss of a permanent, racialized social hierarchy.
Books
30 Years of the Guerrilla Girls’ Art and Advocacy
As the old saying goes, “If you can’t beat ’em, put on a Halloween mask and publicly indict their terrible record of human rights infractions.”
Art
The Bioweapons of Culture War
The hope now is not for this to end well, but simply for it to end.
Art
The Crude, Exhilarating, Watery Worlds of Alfred Wallis
Wallis tore up the rule book and pointed a way forward for British painting.
Books
Felix Gonzalez-Torres's Photostats Document Subjugation and Violence
The artist stretched constructs of authority and authorship to impel the viewer's awareness and participation.