Art
GaHee Park's Cool Nudes
There is a coolness to the way Park paints her figures, as well as a sculptural attention paid to form and surfaces.
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Art
A Beguiling Look at the Biases of AI
With Bloom, Trevor Paglen collapses distinctions between the real and virtual, laying bare the prejudices embedded in supposedly objective artificial intelligence systems.
Film
Using Strange Humor to Grapple With Loss
Jan Oxenberg grapples with the loss of her grandmother in Thank You and Good Night, a film that's fallen into obscurity since 1991 but is now available to stream.
Film
A Tribute to Latasha Harlins From Those Who Knew Her Best
A Love Song for Latasha is a "spiritual archive" of who Harlins was in life, rather than focusing on the circumstances of her death.
Film
A Parade of Cakes Fit for Versailles
Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles is a look behind the scenes at the Met as an international team of chefs prepare an elaborate feast.
Film
Scheming, Dealing, and Feeling in Miranda July’s Kajillionaire
A gratifying watch, the oddball family dramedy is fundamentally about what it means to re-parent one’s self as an adult.
Books
A Pocket Guide to Women Artists Overlooked by History
Concise, pithy, and accessible, Susie Hodge’s The Short Story of Women Artists introduces readers to artists forgotten and obscured, many of whom are now rightly being reassessed.
Film
Get Official Studio Ghibli Images for Your Desktop Wallpaper, Posters, and More
The beloved anime studio is making hundreds of high-resolution frames from its films available for download.
Books
The Shadow of Chernobyl
Darmon Richter ventured to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone to record the remnants of one of the world’s most serious nuclear disasters.
Books
A Comic Tells the Rebellious, Messy Lives of Teenagers
Ancco, who became famous for her diary-like webcomics, has published a collection of stories that ripple through domestic violence, social oppression, and rebellion.
Film
Did You Know Helen Keller Was a Socialist?
The documentary Her Socialist Smile reconstructs Keller from an icon of vague, feel-good platitudes to the fiercely political woman she truly was.
Art
The Profound and Alluring Mystique of Luchita Hurtado
With its emphasis on never-before-seen painting and drawings, Luchita Hurtado. Together Forever. reveals the artist’s progressively sensual and abstract representations of the body, pushing the viewer to look much closer.