Features
“Gay Halloween” Meme Enters the Queer Canon
From Chappell Roan references to hyper-specific camp and pop-culture moments, the phenomenon is a reprieve from the world of bunny ears and angel halos.
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Art
Highland Park Artist Helps Her Community Transform Grief Into Action
Jacqueline von Edelberg is "gently curating" an interactive memorial to the victims of the Highland Park mass shooting in Illinois.
Art
Welcome to Your Place in the Multiverse
Jean Lowe’s work parodies our most banal behaviors by inviting us to consume images of our own consumption.
Art
Shining a Light on Soviet Jewish Life
Works by Bill Aron and Yevgeniy Fiks chronicle the experience of Soviet Jews who tried to leave their homeland.
Art
Art Classes Are Helping Transform Medical Education
Classes like Anne Willieme’s are part of the burgeoning field of medical humanities, which aims to tackle the disciplinary divide between art and science.
Art
The Necessary Art of Leisure
Leisure is contested and in need of protection, especially for Black women artists.
Art
Silver as a Lens Into Santa Fe and Its “Place in the Myth of the American West”
Upon invitation from the Wheelwright Museum, Nathan Young has created an installation of bridles, bow guards, belt buckles, and cigarette holders ranging from the 19th century to the present.
Art
A San Francisco Muralist Painting “Latino Culture In All Its Beauty”
Josué Rojas came from El Salvador as a toddler, and his family settled in the Mission.
Art
How Judy Baca Redefined the Intersection of Art and Activism
Decades of entrenched art-world racism, gender bias, and resistance to overtly political displays in art have delayed a comprehensive treatment of Baca’s career until now.
Art
Ron Athey, Transgressive Performance Artist
The Los Angeles-based artist gets his first major US museum show after working on the cultural fringes for decades.
Art
In Malibu, a Large Hole Is Being Dug to Contain Your Grief
Cara Levine’s “Dig a Hole” is inspired by Shiva, the seven-day period of mourning in Judaism.
Books
Catherine Opie on Her First Monograph, “a Map of My Mind”
For Opie, photographing is about “understanding what it is to be inclusive.”