Art
Ominous and Uplifting Paintings that Dance with Death
Emilia Olsen uses the Death and the Maiden allegory as a provocative metaphor for artistic sustenance and renewal.
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Art
Fiberglass Beasts of the Wisconsin Wild
A tour of FAST Corporation of Wisconsin reveals the fascinating processes by which contemporary fiberglass public artworks come into being.
Performance
Nick Cave Lets Go in a Performance that Is Part Confession, Part Celebration
In “The Let Go” at the Park Avenue Armory, the artist explores jubilation washed with spectacle and an undertow of anguish.
Art
Immigrant Stories Dock at Governors Island in Two Exhibitions
Artists in both exhibitions were inspired by the harbor itself and how it has been a witness to immigrant narratives.
Comics
The Original Skyscrapers
Life in the big city can be draining.
Art
How Medieval Artists Used Monsters as Propaganda
In Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders, the Morgan Library & Museum in New York is exhibiting 70 examples of the monstrous in the Middle Ages.
Art
Required Reading
This week, did Donald Glover swipe parts of his number one tune, Godwin's Law has been suspended, the Black Holocaust Museum has reopened, vintage Chicago restaurant postcards, bees that use flower petals to make nests, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, did Donald Glover swipe parts of his number one tune, Godwin's Law has been suspended, the Black Holocaust Museum has reopened, vintage Chicago restaurant postcards, bees that use flower petals to make nests, and more.
Books
Poet as a Super Thinker
Maged Zaher's poems the emphasize the absurdity of love in the time of late-capitalism.
Books
Poet as a Super Thinker
Maged Zaher's poems the emphasize the absurdity of love in the time of late-capitalism.
Books
One More Thing I Want to Say about Christopher Middleton
A member of the generation of poets that includes John Ashbery and Robert Creeley, Middleton wrote in many styles, from the classifiable to the unclassifiable.
Books
One More Thing I Want to Say about Christopher Middleton
A member of the generation of poets that includes John Ashbery and Robert Creeley, Middleton wrote in many styles, from the classifiable to the unclassifiable.