Opinion
Why We Should Care About the Video Essay
Playing in the poetic space between documentary and fiction, the inclusion of found footage and screen recordings has turned the video essay into a representation of online life.
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Film
Letting a Dairy Cow’s Life Speak for Itself
In her documentary Cow, Andrea Arnold avoids anthropomorphism, instead trying to present the world as her main character sees it.
News
Incandescent Faith Ringgold Quilt Acquired by Colby College Museum of Art
The narrative quilt tells the story of runaway enslaved people escaping north through the Underground Railroad.
News
Fundraiser Seeks to Support Chiloé Island’s Only Print Studio
A small lithography school in the Chilean island is yielding marvelously intricate works, but needs support to restock dwindling supplies.
News
A New Gallery in Williamsburg Is Betting on Art, Furniture, and Prayer
Run by two recent college graduates, HNH Gallery opened on a 3,000-square-foot space in the buzzing heart of the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood.
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Announcement
Maine College of Art & Design Announces 2022 MFA Visiting Artist Summer Lecture Series
Work with a roster of renowned Visiting Artists during an eight-week summer intensive for MECA&D’s MFA in Studio Art.
Art
Like Orcas and Tangerines
Glimpses of statelessness and belonging.
Art
The Path Forward for a Classroom Focused on Art as Social Justice
A youth-centered arts nonprofit prioritizes creativity and radical joy as it looks to the future.
Art
At the Baltimore Museum of Art, Joy That Is a Little Askew
Richard Yarde’s watercolors make a historical document into something personal, wistful, more a vision than a visual fact.
Art
In Puerto Rico, Artists Transform Loss Into Creation
Rather than centering on death, Novenario broadens the meaning of mourning as it explores how artists transform pain and loss.
Art
George Morrison, the Ojibwe Modernist Who Defined Space With a Horizon Line
The artist’s work features heavily in Twin Cities museums, but new USPS stamps depicting his distinctive landscapes may help broaden his legacy.
Opinion
Why We Can’t Have Mid-Century Modern
It appears that mid-century modernism’s cultish popularity has all but blinded us to the basic needs it was initially meant to address.