Tu Hongtao’s paintings revisit the traditions of Chinese painting while evading the perils of oversimplification and stagnation.
Tag: Essays
Good Fictions: Remembering Peter Wollen
In the years leading up to Peter’s death, I would find myself on occasion writing down our dialogues, both past and present.
Reynaldo Rivera’s Photographs of a Los Angeles That No Longer Exists
In the 1980s and ’90s, Rivera photographed drag performers in Latinx gay bars, house parties in pre-gentrified Echo Park, and performers like Sade, Vaginal Davis, and Chaka Khan.
Andrew Cuomo Got an Emmy for Literally Just Showing Up
The New York governor receiving the Founders Award for his COVID-19 press briefings marks a new nadir in politics as style over actual results.
Alison Saar, the Alchemist
Saar makes work that engages the body and the spirit, work that she hopes audiences will find a way to connect with.
Processing Our 2020 Feelings With Patty Chang
In March, Chang put out an open call for our fears and made a video out of them. Watching it eight months later, I hoped it would help name whatever it was I was feeling.
The Dire Need for a Decentralized News Media
Moving toward smaller-scale organizations would help engage younger audiences left out by the companies that preside over 90% of what’s on-air and online.
How a Futurist Hungarian Arts Movement Offers New Means of Autonomy
Hungarofuturism, an Eastern European movement directly inspired by Afrofuturism, collapses perceptions of national and individual identity, monuments, and historical sites.
How Journalists Can Use Their Reporting to Support Marginalized People
Disability rights activist Emily Ladau explains “supported storytelling.”
We Need New Institutions, Not New Art
Coco Fusco writes on why “equity won’t be achieved by a new biennial, another emerging artist of color survey, or a record auction sale by a Black artist.”