Film
Pose Is a Much-Needed Ode to Legacy in the Black and Latinx LGBTQ Community
The groundbreaking television show's second season speaks to the immense power of chosen family.
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Film
An Overlooked Filmmaker’s Monumental Contributions to Diasporic Cinema
Gariné Torossian has much to teach viewers about the experience of dwelling in displacement.
Books
A Korean “Comfort Woman” Tells Her Story in a Harrowing Comic
Cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim relays the story in a documentarian manner that isn’t for the faint of heart.
News
Week in Review: Official Definition of "Museum" Sparks Debate, Concerns Arise Over Suffragist Monument
Also, the Alaska state legislature has restored full funding to the state's art agency, protesters vandalized Mexico City’s “Angel of Independence” monument with graffiti during anti-rape demonstrations, and more.
Art
An Artist Designs a Handbook to Help Migrants Survive
If art and culture can go beyond symbolic power and occupy both poetic and utilitarian registers, Mladen Miljanović succeeds with his Didactic Wall exhibition.
News
Metropolitan Museum Will Sell Over 300 Chinese Artworks to Fund New Acquisitions
Plus, the Meadows Museum in Dallas has acquired four works of Spanish art, a Kansas City home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright sold for $920,000, and Shepard Fairey donated three prints to be shown in the Art the Arms Fair.
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Landmarked Pepsi-Cola Sign in Queens Temporarily Hosts JetBlue Ad
What do we call an advertisement that becomes and advertisement for another advertisement? Postmodernism?
Film
On Instagram, a Nice Smile Only Takes You So Far
The documentary Jawline looks at the strange modern landscape of social media celebrity through the story of one aspiring influencer.
Books
Celebrating the Male Physique in Gay-Adjacent Magazines
Buying Gay is a thorough, and extremely entertaining read that delights in several ways, and especially in terms of David K. Johnson's analysis of the tropes of physique magazines.
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Katrina Andry and Colin Quashie Deconstruct Race-Based Stereotypes at the Halsey Institute
On view through December 7, 2019, the shows printmaking, collage, and installation beckon viewers to examine their preconceived notions of society.
Art
The Origins of White Supremacists' Fear of Replacement
This fear of being replaced can be traced to the French far right, but racist fears regarding supposed White genocide, and invasion by varied ethnic groups, go back centuries.
Art
A Memorial to Crimes Against Women and Children in Ghostly Glass
Northern Irish artist Alison Lowry addresses the 200 years of crimes perpetrated by the Catholic Church in collaboration with the Irish state.