Art
Kandis Williams’s Flourishing Black Feminist Vision
Williams, who just won the Made in LA award, readdresses harms wrought by capitalism, colonialism, and anti-Black rhetoric.
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A Landmark Show of Black Women Artists Gets a Second Life
Fifty years ago, the historic Sapphire Show modeled a Black feminist ethics of uplifting one another when others fail to do so.
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In Swirling Canvases, Gareth Nyandoro Expresses the Rhythms of Labor
Teeming with energy, Nyandoro’s works express a disquieting otherworldliness, suspended at the fragile cusp between reality and dreams.
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In Gem-like Hues, Arcmanoro Niles Renders the Mundane Electric
From depictions of his mother to his closest friends, Niles’s canvases illustrate a willful vulnerability to ruminate on the profound relationships in his life.
Books
The Stunning Scope of Carrie Mae Weems’s Vision
A new book offers a deep dive into Weems’s influential career.
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A Dazzling Corrective to the White-washing of Ancient Rome
Focused on mosaics, the only technique whose color doesn’t fade over time, Colors of the Romans helps audiences look at the ancient society as those living then would have seen it.
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Alice Neel's Haunting Portrait of Domestic Abuse
Alice Neel: People Come First yielded a work I had never seen and that I will never unsee.
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QTPOC Artists Mine the Power of Intimacy
The Self Maintenance Resource Center is a living archive of personal, creative, and intellectual inspiration for artists.
Books
British Poetry's New Avant-Garde
British poetry is really as energetic and varied as its American counterpart.
Art
Ragna Róbertsdóttir’s Landscapes in Lava
The Icelandic artist fashions sculptures and wall works from the primary substance of her volcanic and volatile homeland.
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The Trouble with Capitalist Utopias
Maybe a sense of belonging is a thing of the past, a sign of privilege.
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How Soutine Showed de Kooning a Way Out
It seems to me that Soutine’s complete lack of interest in the cubists’ desire for order was exactly what appealed to de Kooning.