We Came Here to Get Away From You We Came Here to Get Away From You
Port Townsend, Washington Downhill, a skeleton of an orca suspended: a female beached; belly full, at that time, of seal and fish; the seal and fish full, at that time of poison. T…
Oct 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Donika Kelly
In the New Year In the New Year
Sun on my face and the train slips into the tunnel. Dim reflection confronts. Perhaps I am lacking in something substantial like iron, or virtue. How easy it is to hurt someone, ho…
Oct 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Rao
Art at the Border of Power and Ecology Art at the Border of Power and Ecology
Miguel Fernández de Castro’s multimedia works reveal the ties between money, migration, and environmental disaster.
“Beyond Bows and Arrows”: Indigenous Radio in Texas “Beyond Bows and Arrows”: Indigenous Radio in Texas
Two hours of escape and connection.
Oct 18, 2021 / Pauly Denetclaw
The Grotesque and Sublime Transformations of “Titane” The Grotesque and Sublime Transformations of “Titane”
Julia Ducournau’s surreal horror film is a harrowing exploration of the body and technology.
Oct 7, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Chen
Who’s to Blame in “The White Lotus”? Who’s to Blame in “The White Lotus”?
In the weeks since the release of Mike White’s latest HBO series, debate has centered on the show’s politics. Is it liberal satire or spectacle?
Sep 15, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi
Fulton Leroy Washington Was a Prison Painter. Now He’s an Art-World Star. Fulton Leroy Washington Was a Prison Painter. Now He’s an Art-World Star.
The 66-year-old wants to use Black art to transform Compton.
Sep 7, 2021 / Q&A / Karlos K. Hill
Adam Curtis’s Modern Discontents Adam Curtis’s Modern Discontents
In his new eight-hour epic, the British filmmaker offers a globe-trotting chronicle of our times.
Aug 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano
Drowning Creek Drowning Creek
Past the strip malls and the power plants, out of the holler, past Gun Bottom Road and Brassfield and before Red Lick Creek, there’s a stream called Drowning Creek where I saw the…
Aug 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Ada Limón
Art and Exile in the Third Republic Art and Exile in the Third Republic
James McAuley’s The House of Fragile Things examines the travails of a circle of Jewish art collectors, tracing a history of betrayal and dispossession.
Aug 16, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Stamler