The Artistic Picket Line Surrounding the Super Bowl Halftime Show

The spotlight, fairly or unfairly, is on hip-hop artist Travis Scott, for crossing the line and performing on Super Bowl Sunday. 

Dave Zirin

Black Feminist Punks to the Front

On their debut album, London’s Big Joanie pay tribute to black sisterhood.

Ann-Derrick Gaillot

The Fyre Festival Documentary Is a Lurid Look Into Start-Up-Culture Grift

Chronicling the infamous music festival, the documentary looks at how tech bros turned a luxury getaway into a blockbuster scam.

Stephen Kearse

Bad Bunny Rewires the Global Pop Machine

The Puerto Rican artist’s new album asserts música urbana’s growing influence on the pop world. 

Eduardo Cepeda

‘True Detective’ Gets Bleaker and Better

Carried by Mahershala Ali, the haunting new season of the HBO series marks a return to form.

Sam Sodomsky

Puzzle No. 3487

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Beyond the Wall: A Q&A With Wendy Brown

For the Berkeley political-science professor, border walls signify a population in distress. 

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

The Last Great Literary Painter

The legacy of Eugène Delacroix. 

Barry Schwabsky

Country Music Is Also Mexican Music

The Department of Homeland Security recruits agents at country festivals, but the musical genre knows no borders.

Ludwig Hurtado

How Curators Are Finding the Climate in Art History

The recent “Nature’s Nation” exhibition locates the hidden ecological and environmental roots of American art. 

Hannah Stamler