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Posted inFilm

Jeen-Yuhs Knows That Kanye West Isn’t a Riddle That Can be Solved

by Juan Barquin February 21, 2022February 18, 2022

The gargantuan three-part documentary follows the famous, controversial rapper for 20 years, capturing his brilliance and contradictions.

Posted inMusic

The Gospel According to Kanye and Aretha

by Justine Smith April 30, 2019November 4, 2019

The live stream of Kanye West’s Coachella “Sunday Service” and the restored Aretha Franklin concert film Amazing Grace offer contrasting portraits of celebrity faith.

Posted inSatire

Kanye West and Ivanka Trump Collaborate on “Make America Yeezus” Fashion Line

by Deena ElGenaidi April 1, 2019April 1, 2019

Kanye West and Ivanka Trump have created the fashion line “Make America Yeezus,” with Trump designing her own pair of Yeezys.

Posted inMusic

Rap Futurism: Cupcakke, Ski Mask and the Slump God, Playboi Carti, and Kanye West

by Lucas Fagen June 23, 2018June 22, 2018

The future of rap lies in silliness, absurdism, functionalism, and sonic delight.

Posted inOpinion

Kanye West Helped Create These Designs for Prison Chic Prefab Concrete Houses

by Sarah Rose Sharp June 13, 2018

After music and fashion, Kim Kardashian’s husband is trying his hand at architecture via his new firm, YEEZY Home.

Posted inArt

Confronting the Limits of Catharsis in a Video About Black American Life

by Seph Rodney January 24, 2017August 20, 2017

Arthur Jafa’s “Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death” communicates a truth about black life in the US: Many of our public encounters erupt in violence or are premised upon violence.

Posted inOpinion

Vanessa Beecroft Publicly Airs a Racist Perspective

by Claire Voon August 10, 2016August 11, 2016

One can only imagine the patience and tolerance required of New York Magazine writer Amy Larocca to spend time with Vanessa Beecroft and listen to the utter absurdity spewing from the artist’s mouth.

Posted inMusic

Kanye West Fragmented

by Lucas Fagen April 23, 2016April 28, 2016

First things first: Kanye West’s release strategy for his new album was a catastrophe.

Posted inOpinion

A Brief History of Kanye West’s Art Commentary on Twitter

by Benjamin Sutton March 14, 2016

This morning, School of the Art Institute of Chicago honorary degree holder Kanye West proclaimed on Twitter: “My tweets are a form of contemporary art only compromised by people trying to tell me what to tweet and not to tweet…”

Posted inOpinion

The Social Commentary Hidden in Kanye West and Vanessa Beecroft’s Fashion Show

by Margaret Carrigan September 22, 2015September 22, 2015

In the blur of fabric and fanfare that was New York Fashion Week, Kanye West’s second Yeezy show caused the most confusion of all.

Posted inNews

Choice Quotes from Kanye’s Address at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

by Jillian Steinhauer May 12, 2015May 15, 2015

Kanye West received his honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) yesterday. The night before, he gave a talk at the school that began as a question-and-answer session but devolved, quite wonderfully, into a rambling, free-associative lecture.

Posted inIn Brief

Is the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Really Giving Kanye West an Honorary Doctorate? [UPDATED]

by Benjamin Sutton March 16, 2015March 18, 2015

In a recent interview with the French design blog Clique, noted college dropout Kanye West claimed that he is “getting an honorary doctorate on May 5th from the Art Institute of Chicago.”

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