In Brief
Brooklyn Museum Visitor Dies After Trying to Slide Down Third-Floor Banister
Kirkland Dawson, a 34-year-old attorney, toppled over the staircase railing and landed on the ground floor at a party at the museum.
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Film
A Movie Envisions the Trial that Eric Garner Never Had
Roee Messinger’s American Trial: The Eric Garner Story envisages a future that was denied to Eric Garner and his family, thanks to the extremely racist and flawed legal system in the United States.
Interview
Remembering Robert Colescott as a Kind of Trickster Figure
Art historian and curator Lowery Stokes Sims discusses why she wanted to present as complete a picture of Colescott's work as possible in this retrospective at Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati.
Art
When Students Went on Strike to Overturn a Eurocentric Curriculum
An exhibition remembers the students’ simple, yet radical, demand in 1968 San Francisco: the right to learn about themselves.
Announcement
Yale Center for British Art Presents Migrating Worlds: The Art of the Moving Image in Britain
This is the first exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art dedicated exclusively to filmmaking and video art. On view from October 10 to December 29, 2019.
Books
A Novel Set in the Berlin of the Future Pokes Fun at the Creative Class
Elvia Wilk combines satire, dystopia, sci-fi, and millennial ennui all in one book.
Announcement
A Blade of Grass Assembly Kicks Off With Film Screenings and Keynote by Trans Activist Tourmaline
This event on October 19 is a biannual day-long learning exchange and magazine launch for creative changemakers to investigate the methods, ethics, challenges, and joys of practicing art that advances social justice.
Film
Inequality Is a Feature, Not a Bug
The smartest mainstream film about class made in many years, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite lays bare the lie that hard work can bring anyone closer to their dreams.
Announcement
Alice Miceli: Projeto Chernobyl On View at Americas Society Through January 25, 2020
This is the first exhibition of this series in the United States, showing a set of radiographs documenting the residual effects of the 1986 Ukrainian nuclear plant explosion.
News
Week in Review: Die-In at Purdue Bankruptcy Hearing, Artists Demand MoMA Divest From Private Prisons
Also, three members of Desert X’s board of directors stepped down after it announced a partnership with Saudi Arabia, an artist was arrested while selling art in Washington Square Park, and more.
News
Over 200 Artists and Scholars Urge MoMA and Board Member to Divest from Private Prison Companies
Hal Foster, Andrea Fraser, and Tania Bruguera have signed the letter released by New Sanctuary Coalition.
News
Artist Tackled, Pepper-Sprayed, and Arrested While Selling Art in Washington Square Park
Oriel Ceballos was arrested for not using a table to display his artwork at the park.