Music
Tom Petty R.I.P.
For Tom Petty, rock 'n' roll means playing a good show for the crowd every night, every week, every month, indefinitely.
Weekend
Art
John Hoyland’s Vibrant Austerity
Hoyland did not make calm or meditative paintings.
Art
Michael Berryhill Will Have You Seeing Faces
Berryhill has the ability to bring you to a place where you can never be sure of what you’re looking at.
Art
The Manure Wagons Roll On
The flags must flap, while our fields are defiled.
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Tom Uttech
Uttech tells stories through the metaphoric possibilities of paint.
Art
Diversity and Fraternity in 19th-Century French Prints
The Société des Aquafortistes encouraged not only the printmaking arts, but also a sense of camaraderie among its artists.
Art
Life Time: Bernadette Mayer's Memory
Poet Bernadette Mayer explores the intimate connections between photographic still lifes, color, emotions, and time.
Art
Artist-Built Environments to Rescue and Preserve
How much does the long-term care of such projects cost, and who should pay for it?
Art
Amedeo Modigliani’s Identity Politics
A half-Italian, half-French Sephardic Jew, Modigliani was a cultural mixed bag from the get-go.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Algerian women in 19th-century art, adjunct problems, foldable homes, US's most famous Neo-Nazi artist is back in the news, the Christian monks that saved Jewish history, and more.
Books
Vivian Maier, the Photographer Who Wanted to Go Unobserved
Maier didn’t want people to know where she lived, and often lied about her personal history.
Art
Kinetic Sculptures Animate US History
John Buck’s ambitious kinetic installations are excoriating indictments of the current political administration.