Wang Bing, the World’s Hardest-Working Director Wang Bing, the World’s Hardest-Working Director
In his new film, Youth (Spring), the prolific director examines how the People’s Republic became the workshop for much of the world.
Nov 9, 2023 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman
The Long, Wild, Bloody History of the Hollywood Strike The Long, Wild, Bloody History of the Hollywood Strike
Today’s strikes are part of a nearly century-long tradition within the entertainment industry.
Nov 8, 2023 / Chris Randle
Jewish Voices for Peace: Cease-Fire Jewish Voices for Peace: Cease-Fire
Jewish Voices for Peace organized a massive protest in Grand Central Terminal on October 26, calling for a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Gaza. Police arrested over 300 n...
Nov 8, 2023 / OppArt / George de Castro-Day
A Modern-Day Fable for the Tenant Class A Modern-Day Fable for the Tenant Class
Hilary Leichter’s fiction examines contemporary crises like work and inequality through the lens of magical realism. Her latest novel, Terrace Story, is a parable about the family...
Nov 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Grace Byron
Surreal Tales From Erdoğan’s Turkey Surreal Tales From Erdoğan’s Turkey
In Kenan Orhan's collection I Am My Country, he examines a pervasive sense of estrangement in contemporary Turkish life for both citizens and exiles.
Nov 7, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Kaya Genç
How the New York Waterfront Shaped American Modernism How the New York Waterfront Shaped American Modernism
In The Slip, Prudence Peiffer looks at the role an overlooked neighborhood played in the lives and work of an eclectic set of postwar artists.
Nov 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Tausif Noor
Once Upon a Time in “Artforum” Once Upon a Time in “Artforum”
Artists and critics are polarized—and under great pressure from both sides of the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Nov 2, 2023 / Barry Schwabsky
The Origins of Race Reductionism The Origins of Race Reductionism
Today’s conversation around inequality traces back to the compromises made in the late civil rights movement.
Oct 31, 2023 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.
The Year Europe Revolted The Year Europe Revolted
A new history by Christopher Clark on the 1848 revolutions.
Oct 31, 2023 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell