Opinion
What We Lose if the Amsterdam Hermitage Closes for Good
Thanks to the pandemic, the museum may be on the verge of shutting its doors just when Europe needs its Russian ambassador more than ever.
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Film
Deep in the Forest, Scientists Succumb to Religious Rapture
The British horror film In the Earth bloodily observes how fervent belief makes fools of us all.
Film
A Documentary About How We Got, How We Got to Sesame Street
Street Gang is an insightful story on the art of breaking ground.
Art
A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in New Mexico, New York, and Los Angeles.
News
Promising Teen Artists Get the Spotlight at the Metropolitan Museum
Former recipients of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards include Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Kay WalkingStick, and John Baldessari.
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Portraits by John Brewster Jr., a Prolific Deaf Painter, Gifted to American Folk Art Museum
The sought-after artist communicated with his clients through gestures or in writing.
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The LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at MICA Announces MFA Thesis Show Still, Life
Eight MFA painting students present their culminating thesis projects and other works created during this past pandemic year at Art Cake in Brooklyn, NY.
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Smithsonian Presents Virtual Screening and Conversation With Zora Lathan and Iman Uqdah Hameen
Presented as part of the American Women’s History Initiative, On Black Interiority will take place on May 6 at 5:30pm.
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Week in Review: Penn Museum Admits to Storing Remains of MOVE Bombing Victims; MoMA Appoints New Board Chair
Also, check out this tribute to NYC’s beloved bodega cats, and more.
Art
An Artist’s Crash Course in Government
In a series of PSA-style videos, Paul Pescador poses questions about government that quickly unravel into a nightmarishly complex knot of existential crises.
Art
Precious Okoyomon Envelops Us in the Textures of Black Mourning
At Performance Space New York, Okoyomon enables a sense of communion amid unrelenting loss.
Film
Absurdist Scandinavian Musings on Loneliness
Roy Andersson's About Endlessness presents a series of elaborate vignettes about isolated characters.