Film
Slashing Out a Space for Hardcore Horror Fans
Black Gloves and Razors, a VHS-era compilation film of Italian horror death scenes, encourages some self-reflection from gore hounds.
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Opinion
Museum Honors Greta Thunberg's Activism by … Naming a Beetle After Her?
To properly honor the teenage climate activist, institutions should instead advocate for policy change, prioritize their ecological footprint, and hold large corporations accountable.
Film
How Photographer William Eggleston Finds His Images
The 2005 documentary William Eggleston in the Real World has been restored and re-released on home media. Far from a normal biography, it often plays like a homage to the photographer's work.
Announcement
The NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery Presents Speculative Landscapes
Artists Areej Kaoud, Ayman Zedani, Jumairy, and Raja’a Khalid probe questions of the United Arab Emirates's landscape with a series of conceptual meditations on modern life in the UAE. On view through December 7, 2019.
Interview
Meet LA's Art Community: Helen Molesworth Still Buys Postcards and Loves Seeing Art Alone
A new interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
Art
Learn How to Volunteer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has over 1,400 volunteers, but it's looking for more.
Books
Visions of the World as a Brutal Dystopia
Author Luke O'Neil will read passages from his brutal new book Welcome to Hell World, a text that starkly explores grim current events in the United States.
Art
A "Last Supper" Recreated With DC Locals Has Been Hidden in Former Church's Walls
The frieze was discovered during a rehab of a building in Columbia Heights. Its reemergence tells a story of gentrification and DC’s Black community.
News
Amazon Facial Recognition Falsely Links 27 Athletes to Mugshots in ACLU Study
Massachusetts's American Civil Liberties Union chapter revealed Amazon’s “Rekognition” technology falsely linked the faces of 27 professional athletes in New England to mugshots in a criminal database.
Art
Fragile Borders and Rituals of Remembrance
In Paper Borders artists Emma Nishimura and Tahir Carl Karmali articulate the experience of displacement using delicate materials crafted by hand.
News
Knitting Together the Experiences of Immigrants
The Immigrant Yarn Project, a fiber arts collective, crafts and sells knitted totems to benefit immigration aid organizations.
Art
Gloria Anzaldúa’s Groundbreaking Book About Life on the Borders Gets a Marathon Reading
A mix of voices filled the room with passages from Borderlands, serving as a powerful antidote to the violent racism and xenophobia that characterizes our current political moment.