Film
Four Artists on How Motherhood Impacted Their Lives and Careers
A KCET documentary looks at artists who have made motherhood a part of their careers, even as they have navigated the difficulties of the art world.
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Books
In a Comic, Weegee Is a Fiend for Fresh Crime Scenes and Fame
Weegee: Serial Photographer dramatizes the life and work of Arthur Fellig, the prolific and unscrupulous photographer whose work once covered the pages of New York City newspapers.
Books
Retracing the Steps of a Pioneering Seed Collector Who Starved in a Stalinist Prison
Mario Del Curto photographed the Saint Petersburg seed bank founded by Nikolai Vavilov, and the scientists who carry on his legacy of protecting plant diversity.
Film
The Film Studio that Perfected Cheap Horror Movies in the 1950s
A two-part series at the Quad Cinema chronicles the cheaply made and formally rich horror movies that the UK's Hammer Films began producing in the 1950s.
Art
Kiki Smith Takes Over the Eldridge Street Synagogue with 50 Artworks
After collaborating on the starry window that presides over the Museum at Eldridge Street, Kiki Smith returns with a site-specific installation of sculptural work.
Film
Agnès Varda's Utopian Musical Homage to Feminism from the 1970s
One Sings, the Other Doesn't, Varda's precious and poignant feminist musical from 1977 has been restored.
Art
A Video Game Takes You Cross-Country into the Origins of American Folklore
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a game of gathering and sharing stories, which grow and change in the telling.
Film
Cute Cartoon Animals Cope with Office Drudgery in Aggretsuko
The new Netflix series, based on characters developed by Hello Kitty creator Sanrio, subverts the fantastical expectations of most anime narratives.
Books
For the Love of Leonardo
A slew of new books rethinks the Renaissance in general and Leonardo da Vinci in particular.
Film
An Artist’s Film Not Like the Others
We watch Ellen Berkenblit drawing. She is left-handed and uses charcoal. She rubs lines out and never looks at the camera.
Art
Terry Winters Draws the Shape of Space
In his best drawings, everything is keyed to the way that Winters attains difference while doing the same thing over and over.
Art
When the Spirits Guide the Hand
An intriguing exhibition focuses on art whose makers were compelled to create it by forces greater — and far beyond — themselves.