Art
Can a Porn Website Liberate Women in Art?
The Pleasure Principle at Maccarone wavers between issues of women’s representation and those of pornography and art, without fully committing to either.
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Books
When Trauma Becomes Art
Nancy Princenthal’s Unspeakable Acts delves into the links between violence and silence, art and terror, and how pioneering women made them into art.
Art
Photographs That Write With Light
Rose Marasco consciously deconstructs the word “photography” in her montages and photos of diaries.
News
Laid-Off Marciano Art Foundation Employees Focus Their Attention on a LAXART Board Member
Since 2016, Olivia Marciano has served as the Foundation’s Artistic Director and is today a board member at the arts nonprofit LAXART. Former employees are demanding she speak up.
Art
Disneyland and Walt Disney World Treasures Go to Auction
What price can we put on the wonder of childhood?
Film
How Terrence Malick Captures an Ascendant State of Being in Film
The comprehensive retrospective Moments of Grace at the Museum of the Moving Image demonstrates the director's idiosyncratic techniques for depicting the cosmic.
Announcement
Center for Craft Opens National Craft Innovation Hub
Located in Asheville, North Carolina, this first-of-its-kind destination will expand the center’s reach and enhance its efforts in building a future for craft.
Opinion
New Non-Binary Emojis Fall Short of Their Good Intentions
While the announcement might be a step in the right direction, it inadvertently reinforces even more gender stereotypes, limiting nonbinary individuals to greyish androgynous figures defined primarily by their haircuts.
In Brief
Egypt Officially Criminalizes Climbing the Pyramids
Under new articles in the country’s antiquities protection law, climbing monuments and smuggling antiquities out of the country will result in high fines and jail sentences.
Art
The Longing of the Diaspora in the Digital Era
In The Curved Body of a Pixel, artist Kimberly Acebo Arteche posits that despite its speed and pervasive presence, technology ultimately fails to narrow wide experiential gaps created by geographic distance.
Books
A Former Cam Model Reveals How Desire Can Be Both Liberating and Confining
In her new memoir Camgirl, screenwriter Isa Mazzei joins the long tradition of women who use the personal to explore and deconstruct sex and culture.
Announcement
Island Tales: Taiwan and Australia Opens at Taipei Fine Arts Museum
This exhibition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Taipei and Perth sister-city relationship and includes a series of events centered on Taiwan-Australia exchanges.