News
After Student Pressure, Harvard Law School Ditches Logo Connected to Slavery
The former shield featured the family crest of Isaac Royall, Jr., who made his wealth through the labor of enslaved people.
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Art
Is Rome's House of Michelangelo the Real Deal?
A facade is all that remains of the fabled home of the Renaissance artist but the story around it raises more questions than it answers.
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Books
How Black Artists Are Shaping a Distinctly Black Gaze
Cultural and artistic icons are reshaping the circulation of Blackness on a global scale.
Art
Ouka Leele's Fantastical Fashion Photos
In 1988, one Spanish photographer transformed a commission to shoot French designer Philippe Model’s accessories line into a quirky exploration of her own artistry.
Art
Considering Immersive Art Rooms and Why We Love to Escape
“To immerse yourself” means to actively limit your senses so that you can experience a different dimension, such as a virtual world or a novel.
Film
Fall in Love with a Puppet Baby in the Arthouse Musical Annette
The newest feature from Leos Carax, a tempestuous romance between Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, is gleefully strange and metafictional.
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Hundreds of US Museums Will Be Free on September 18
Smithsonians' Museum Day returns after pandemic's forced hiatus, and hundreds of museums in every state will be participating.
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Satellite Imagery Reveals Azerbaijan's Persistent Erasure of Armenian Heritage Sites
Using high-resolution satellite imagery, Caucasus Heritage Watch identified over a dozen Armenian sites that have been destroyed, damaged, or threatened by Azerbaijan.
Books
A World Made of Words
Garielle Lutz's sentences are among the most original in modern English, their linguistic specificity making them virtually untranslatable.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the battle over book reviews, Alice Neel's populism, Herat's history with the Taliban, considering cultural appropriation, and more.
Art
An Icon of Unconventional Abstraction
Serge Poliakoff: Gouaches 1938-1969 furthers the case for Poliakoff’s importance and continuing relevance to abstract painting.