Arts and Entertainment

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Songs of Aggression Songs of Aggression

A review of popular music reveals striking and distressing similarities in the way men talk about and deal with women in today’s society.

Dec 8, 2017 / David Hajdu

Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time

Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time

In her new photo-memoir, the photographer returns to the origin of her career to reflect on all she’s remembered, and why it’s worth remembering.

Dec 5, 2017 / Ratik Asokan

Gitmo

What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo

A New York exhibition gives a rare glimpse into America’s most controversial prison.

Dec 4, 2017 / Erin L. Thompson

Sally Hawkins’s Voiceless Desire

Sally Hawkins’s Voiceless Desire Sally Hawkins’s Voiceless Desire

Of all the big year-end films, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is the most deeply moving.

Dec 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS?

What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS? What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS?

We’ve seen a flood of retrospective projects about AIDS—from books to dance to architecture and art. But who is being remembered? And why?

Nov 30, 2017 / Alisa Solomon

Puzzle No. 3450

Puzzle No. 3450 Puzzle No. 3450

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. For over a decade, Oxford University Press has asked its staff and online community to help it choose a Place of the Year. Pa…

Nov 30, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Subverting the Western: A Conversation With Hernan Diaz

Subverting the Western: A Conversation With Hernan Diaz Subverting the Western: A Conversation With Hernan Diaz

The author of In the Distance discusses foreignness, his theory of genre, and what it means to do research for a novel.

Nov 20, 2017 / Q&A / Aaron Bady

Hari Kondabolu Lays Bare ‘The Problem With Apu’

Hari Kondabolu Lays Bare ‘The Problem With Apu’ Hari Kondabolu Lays Bare ‘The Problem With Apu’

The comedian’s new documentary takes on the ultimate comedic sacred cow: The Simpsons.

Nov 19, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Shamir’s Reinvention

Shamir’s Reinvention Shamir’s Reinvention

On Revelations, he trades the glitz and brashness of his early work for a more ruminative and uncertain sound.

Nov 17, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

Dana Schutz, After the Whitney Biennial

Dana Schutz, After the Whitney Biennial Dana Schutz, After the Whitney Biennial

A recent show of Schutz's work sheds light on a facet of her art that connects Open Casket to the rest of her paintings.

Nov 17, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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