History
Discovery of an Industrial Brewery in Ancient Egypt Rewrites the History of Beer
To archaeologists, understanding the building of the Pyramids at Giza is a matter of scaling up the labor system seen earlier at sites like Abydos.
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Art
In De Lo Mío, Artists Push and Pull at the Seams of Dominican Collective Memory
Themes of tourism, migration, and national identity inform the exhibition’s formidable and, at times, paradoxical quest to a shared homeland.
Performance
Boogie With Patrisse Cullors in a Virtual Electric Slide
On Sunday April 11, Patrisse Cullors will be restaging “F*ck White Supremacy, Let’s Get Free” online for a global audience.
News
Artists Withdraw from MCA Chicago Exhibition in Solidarity With Laid-Off Workers
The cohort accused the MCA of “perpetuat[ing] harm to Chicago arts communities.”
Art
Doug Aitken’s Cities of Loss
Aitken’s exhibition "Flags and Debris" is informed by a dialectic of embodiment and absence.
News
As NFT Sells for $69M, Artists Question Environmental Impact of Blockchain
As crypto art speculation rises, so do the planet’s temperature and questions about the carbon footprint of non-fungible tokens.
Art
Bulls, Bears, and Others Symbols of Wall Street Protest Art
When traders on r/wallstreetbets started bankrupting short sellers of GameStop and AMC stock, social media rejuvenated imagery stretching back to the 19th century.
Art
Grief and Grievance Honors the Weight and Wake of Racial Violence
A prophetic document of our time, the New Museum exhibition calls attention to the weight of Black death not because it is new or salacious but because it remains urgent.
Guide
Your Concise New York Art Guide for March 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month.
Art
In Never-Before-Seen Drawings, Robert Colescott Satirizes Art History
In his “Complete History of World Art,” Colescott skewers notions around propriety, race, beauty, and art.
News
Over 160 Confederate Symbols Were Removed in 2020, Study Shows
All but one of the removals occurred after the murder of George Floyd, which spurred international protests against institutionalized racism.
Books
A Revelatory Tarot Deck by Leonora Carrington
Resurfacing a little known part of the artist’s oeuvre, a new text from Fulgur Press demonstrates that occultism was thoroughly knit into the fabric of Carrington’s life.