While court cases have helped to shape this movement from the 1930s until today, the social-media landscape has generally remained deaf to calls for change.
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Posted inArt
Kaws Is Terrible, But Thankfully Forgettable
No one encompasses that soulless supersizing of pop culture as clearly as Kaws.
Posted inOpinion
An Indigenous Perspective on Frida Kahlo
Kahlo’s aesthetic reflects the vogue of her time: the mythologizing of a homogenized Indigenous past afforded by her proximity to whiteness and wealth.
Posted inFilm
An Invaluable Black Public Broadcasting Archive Is Now Accessible Online
From a report on sundown towns to interviews with Angela Davis and Emmett Till’s mother, here are highlights from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
Posted inFilm
A Loving Tribute to the Egg Cream, New York’s Classic Drink
The short film Egg Cream explores the history of the Downtown Jewish concoction.
Posted inBooks
Ishmael Reed Picks Hamilton Apart, Bit by Revisionist Bit
The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda deconstructs the Broadway play’s abolitionist portrayal of the founding father with incisive, impeccably-researched satire.
Posted inArt
“The World I Wish People Knew”: Photographer Cara Romero on Redefining Contemporary Native art
This year, Romero will be installing photographs of California’s Indigenous peoples on billboards and public places throughout Los Angeles.
Posted inArt
Why Are the Noses Broken on Egyptian Statues?
This essay is an account of truly learning to see what is and is not present in these objects.
Posted inOpinion
A Museum Director Asks: What if Art Museums Can’t Measure Up to the Present Moment?
As the world moves rapidly toward irreversible and necessary change, art museum directors are talking about adapting their institutions to the times. But what if adaptation is not enough?
Posted inArt
Pseudoarchaeology and the Racism Behind Ancient Aliens
Where, exactly, the idea of ancient aliens building the pyramids began — and why some academics think racism lies at the heart of many extraterrestrial theories.
Posted inArt
Why We Need to Start Seeing the Classical World in Color
The equation of white marble with beauty is not an inherent truth of the universe; it’s a dangerous construct that continues to influence white supremacist ideas today.
Posted inArt
An Illustrated Guide to Linda Nochlin’s “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”
First published in ARTnews in 1971, Nochlin’s essay is considered to be one of the first major works of feminist art history.