Art
Kahlil Joseph’s News Channel Revels in Black History and Experience
Joseph’s project is installed in various Black-owned small businesses throughout Los Angeles, from a barbershop to a medical clinic.
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Interview
Beer with a Painter: Suzan Frecon
The content is the paint.
Art
Zac Skinner's Survivalist Sculptures
Skinner imagines the jury-rigged technology that would enable survival in the wake of apocalyptic climate disaster.
Interview
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“We’re all now isolated in our pods but still very susceptible to the outside noise of the world: I am guilty of this.”
Books
Yayoi Kusama’s Self-Portrait as a Young Provocateur
Kusama: The Graphic Novel is an ode to the power of art, which, on multiple occasions, saved her.
Books
Poems About the Business of Being a Poet
Kent Johnson skewers the silliness of the swarming poetry world.
Music
The Heavenly Queens of R&B
Sharp, smooth, smoky new albums from Toni Braxton, Chloe x Halle, Ariana Grande, and K. Michelle.
Art
Required Reading
* The CDC revealed Santa Claus is immune to COVID. * Architect David Adjaye discusses his plans with Alex Marshall of the New York Times for an institution to house looted treasures on their to return to Nigeria: There have been calls for a museum housing the Benin Bronzes in Nigeria for
News
After Poets House Shutters and Announces Layoffs, Ex-Staff Accuse Leadership of Retaliation
The poetry nonprofit says it closed and laid off staff this week due to financial stress, but workers claim their unionizing efforts and workplace complaints are behind the move.
Store
Why Does Facebook Keep Rejecting Our Products?
Some of our favorite gifts, books, toys, and more that, to our best guess, were simply too hot for the social network to handle.
Announcement
Fall 2020 Vertical Studios at SCI-Arc Offer Architectural Intervention Through Pedagogy
Each semester, students at the Southern California Institute of Architecture can enroll in specialized design studios with faculty and visiting architects.
News
The Future Is Now: Sci-Fi PPE Enters the Market
From helmets that filter your air, to a fishtank-esque bubble, these new PPE options can make you feel safer, but also fit right in on a Star Trek set.