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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.

Two brilliant nominees, The Gatekeepers and 5 Broken Cameras, along with other recent documentaries, have deepened our understanding of the conflict.

The Smithsonian’s show on the Civil War and American Art expresses a deep unease about the relationship between between art and history.

On a Farther Shore captures the conservationist’s deep sense of geologic time and the forces of evolution.

MoMA’s monumental exhibition recalls the time when abstraction affected people like love or revolution.