Art
The Melancholy Marriage of Tracey Emin and Edvard Munch
What do Emin and Munch have in common other than a burning desire to embrace, and be defined by, the miseries of life?
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Books
Writing from Another World
Eric Baus’s sentences follow the rules of grammar, but something inexplicable happens by the time you reach the end.
Film
Pieces of a Woman Falls to Pieces
What begins as a trenchant exploration of losing a child becomes a Lifetime-esque affair that strays so sharply from a mother’s grief that it feels a bit like a betrayal.
Music
Playboi Carti’s Impressionist Rap
Carti’s willingness to disappear runs counter to the egotist individualism that has characterized rap since its inception.
News
The Internet Can’t Get Enough of Bundled-up Bernie Memes
Due to overwhelming demand, we bring you a fresh batch of viral mitten-clad Bernie memes.
News
Copy of Salvator Mundi Discovered In Naples Apartment
The 500-year-old painting, likely the work of a student of Leonardo, was found in a bedroom cupboard in the southern Italian city.
Art
How BTS’s Internet Presence Feeds “ARMY” Meme Production
Through hashtags and others forms of social content, the K-pop idol group creates an open, interpretative framework for the back-and-forth exchanges of visual content and meanings between BTS and its fandom, called ARMY.
History
The Artists Who Lurk on the Dark Web
A sense of risk permeates mainstream stories about the dark web. This unsafeness attracted the attention of those artists and creatives who critically focus on the study of digital tools.
Film
A Virtual Sundance Brings Movies About Isolation and Mediated Realities
The 2021 edition of the important film festival is open to viewers around the country.
Opinion
Why the Art World Needs Populism
While Trump appears to have sparked a progressive uprising in the art world, there remains a battle between a grassroots struggle to redistribute power, and those who place institutional preservation at the center.
News
Week in Review: Internet Reacts to Joe Biden’s Inauguration; Comic Auctions Break Records
Also, the city of Chicago has promised $2.5 million in grants to local arts organizations, and more.
News
Holy Bidding, Batman! Bruce Wayne and Tintin Break Comic Art Auction Records
A pristine copy of "Batman No. 1" from 1940 is now the most expensive Batman title ever sold, and a rejected 1936 Tintin cover illustration became the most expensive work of comic book art.