A Blues for Albert Murray A Blues for Albert Murray
His name was never household familiar. Yet his complex, mind-opening analysis of art and life remains as timely as ever—probably more so.
May 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Chatterton Williams
Let’s Not Forget Socialism in the Resurrection of Socialist Art Let’s Not Forget Socialism in the Resurrection of Socialist Art
William Gropper’s art offers a lasting lesson in how useful pencils and paintbrushes can be in the fight against the exploitation of the many for the profit of the few.
May 12, 2016 / Richard Kreitner
Gentrification and Occupation at the Brooklyn Museum Gentrification and Occupation at the Brooklyn Museum
“This is our museum. We paid for it. It’s an important part of our community.”
May 11, 2016 / Michelle Chen
These Haunting Photos Show the Deadly Absurdity of the US-Mexico Border Wall These Haunting Photos Show the Deadly Absurdity of the US-Mexico Border Wall
A collaboration between photographer Richard Misrach and experimental composer Guillermo Galindo captures the austere brutality of the borderlands.
May 11, 2016 / Photo Essay / John Washington
Beyoncé With the Good Art Beyoncé With the Good Art
Is it possible that the most hyped pop performer of our era could also be avant-garde?
May 9, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof
How to Understand Mother as a Verb This Mother’s Day and Always How to Understand Mother as a Verb This Mother’s Day and Always
A new book reminds us that mothers are voices from the front lines that we all need to hear.
May 7, 2016 / Dani McClain
A Violent Room A Violent Room
Why did the movie Purple Rain want or perhaps need to produce and reprise a particular fantasy of interraciality?
May 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Puzzle No. 3398 Puzzle No. 3398
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 I am always on time, ahead of you when texting, and spontaneous (9) 6 Scoundrel and French military trainee (5) 9…
May 5, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Home Home
When you enter the room You destroy the room, the room You waited so long to enter— No: “to get into,” to be allowed To enter and so on. A nod To Kafka, existentialism, theories Of…
May 5, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Laura Mullen