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The soul-destroying weariness in A.B. Yehoshua’s stories seems as old as time itself—and unique to contemporary Israel.

Even when painting is abstract, it never ceases to be concerned with decoration.

Frustrated, stubborn, committed to bad science, was Louis Agassiz anything other than a laughingstock?

Robert Burley’s The Disappearance of Darkness, Harvey Wang’s From Darkroom to Daylight.

The memorial to Parks turned her into a meek and redemptive figure—instead of the radical freedom fighter she was until the end of her life.

The task of a critic has to do with the nature of the knowledge we call art.

The feel-good portrayal of the agency in 'Argo' glosses over its role in previously overthrowing Iran's democratically elected leader.

The Sundance-to-Oscar pipeline has been great for independent film directors—at least the male ones.

Yoko’s 80th birthday is a day to celebrate her art, music and activism.