Film
A Streaming List for All the Ronald Reagan Haters Out There
Enjoy some dissenting views on the US president — the subject of a new series — from critical explanations of his image-making to a satirical show that makes him a supervillain.
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Art
Bright, Intimate Animations Relay Letters From Prison
The diaristic animations offer portraits of people grappling with their pasts, the weight of trauma, and the need for love.
News
After Architects Denounce Philip Johnson’s White Supremacist Views, Harvard Will Rename a House He Designed
The Philip Johnson Thesis House will henceforth be known as simply “9 Ash Street,” the building’s physical address.
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Artist Tania Bruguera Detained in Havana For the Third Time in a Week
“We must use the right definitions: KIDNAPPING,” said Deborah Bruguera, the artist-activist’s sister.
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Playform Fuses Art and Tech in Holiday Pop-up Shop
Inspired by AI, created by artists. Playform Art Shop features a truly original art experience that you can gift.
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Tulsa Artist Fellowship Provides Stability With $40,000 Place-Based Award
The two-year fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma also includes fully subsidized living and studio spaces for artists and arts workers of any medium or discipline.
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An Exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum Explores How Revolution Inspired a Generation of Modern Indian Artists
Over 100 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and archival sources trace the rise of a vibrant modern art movement from India’s colonial period through its independence.
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Artist Discovers a Looted Statue in a Canadian Museum’s Collection, Leading to Its Repatriation
After Divya Mehra uncovered the colonial history behind a misidentified 18th-century statue, the Mackenzie Art Gallery repatriated it and acquired Mehra’s work about the figure in its stead.
Books
Poking Fun at Art History, Amy Sillman Makes a Case for Awkwardness
A collection of relatable but often erudite texts, Sillman’s Faux Pas: Selected Writings and Drawings muses on the unwieldy question of painting’s status in a world preoccupied with bigger problems.
Art
Meet Virginia Jaramillo, a Pioneering Minimalist Who Fuses Cosmology and Science Fiction
Despite a career spanning six decades, Jaramillo’s rigorous, original work has largely been overlooked by museums and markets — until now.
Art
Required Reading
This week, trees communicate with one another, the new Billie Holiday documentary, maskless stress dreams, and more.
Art
The Fallacies of Whiteness
Divya Mehra offers a complex view of race and identity that supplants the myth of a monolithic Other.