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Posted inOpinion

Free the Nipple: A History of a Hidden Movement

Avatar photo by Emma Shapiro October 5, 2021July 13, 2022

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.

Posted inArt

Kaws Is Terrible, But Thankfully Forgettable

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian September 2, 2021July 13, 2022

No one encompasses that soulless supersizing of pop culture as clearly as Kaws.

Posted inOpinion

An Indigenous Perspective on Frida Kahlo

Avatar photo by Joanna Garcia Cheran July 4, 2021July 13, 2022

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

Avatar photo by Cydnii Wilde Harris March 1, 2021November 9, 2022

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

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian February 4, 2021September 29, 2022

The short film Egg Cream explores the history of the Downtown Jewish concoction.

Posted inBooks

Ishmael Reed Picks Hamilton Apart, Bit by Revisionist Bit

Avatar photo by Erica Cardwell January 18, 2021July 13, 2022

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

Avatar photo by Anne Wallentine January 6, 2021January 13, 2023

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?

Avatar photo by Edward Bleiberg October 11, 2020September 29, 2022

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?

Avatar photo by Betsy Bradley August 26, 2020July 13, 2022

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

by Sarah E. Bond November 13, 2018July 13, 2022

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

by Sarah E. Bond June 7, 2017July 13, 2022

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?”

Avatar photo by Tiernan Morgan & Lauren Purje May 23, 2017July 26, 2022

First published in ARTnews in 1971, Nochlin’s essay is considered to be one of the first major works of feminist art history.

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