Art
How T.C. Cannon Redefined American Indian Identity
Cannon's art is not about identity politics, but the layers and contradictions of self-representation in a society that valorizes assimilation and whiteness.
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Art
The Music at the Intersection Between Two Cultures
The Moon Represents My Heart looks at Chinese American musicians who picked up the culture they lost and re-shaped it into something new.
Film
A TV Miniseries Brings the Chernobyl Disaster Back Into Public Discussion
HBO and Sky UK's Chernobyl draws from thorough research to evoke the fear and confusion surrounding the nuclear accident.
Books
Andy Warhol's "Screen Tests" Inspire an Investigation into Criticism, Failure, and Time
Kate Zambreno's Screen Tests show us that all good criticism is about what it means to look, slowly and closely.
Art
Building New Worlds Out of Grids
The work of Emma Soucek and the late Maddy Parrasch at Safe Gallery not only braves the space of the grid, but also revels in its inconsistencies and hiccups.
Art
An Uncanny Mountain Monument Is the Focus of an Outsider Artist for Half a Century
As outsider art goes, you can’t get much further outside than Thunder Mountain Monument, built by Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder over many years, starting in 1969.
Film
An Innovative YouTube Series Visualizes Sports Data in a Mesmerizing Manner
SB Nation's Jon Bois brings a singular style to his video storytelling.
Art
Disinformation and the Death Star: The Legacy of Gretchen Bender
Gretchen Bender’s work faded into obscurity following her meteoric 1980’s career. A posthumous retrospective in New York demonstrates why she deserves to be more than “a footnote to the Pictures Generation.”
News
Week in Review: WPA Mural Causes Controversy, Drawings by Children Detained at US–Mexico Border
Also, a monument to Melania Trump crafted with a chainsaw popped up in Slovenia, high-profile artists urge National Portrait Gallery to divest from BP, and more.
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Egypt to Sue Christie’s Auction House After Sale of King Tut Bust
Plus, heirs of an Austrian cabaret singer win a lawsuit over Nazi-looted Egon Schiele drawings, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts adds 111 works to its permanent collection.
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Journalist Nellie Bly Will Receive a Monument on the Grounds of the Asylum She Helped Close
Almost 132 years later, the intrepid reporter will return to the scene of the story that made her a hailed heroine of journalism as a permanent monument.
News
Circulating a New Currency to Build Community Across New York City
Valor y Cambio (Value and Change), a new project by artist and scholar Frances Negrón-Muntaner, gives participants newly designed "Pesos of Puerto Rico" to use in businesses around the city in exchange for their stories.