Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights
The Guggenheim’s Abu Dhabi project is just the latest cultural institution in the Persian Gulf to be targeted by this coalition of workers, academics, and artists.
Oct 26, 2015 / Michelle Chen
October 25, 1881: Pablo Picasso Is Born October 25, 1881: Pablo Picasso Is Born
“Cultured young men were seen to faint with delight. Ladies of uncertain age struck attitudes giving one to understand that they felt—inexpressible things.”
Oct 25, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
October 24, 1923: Denise Levertov Is Born October 24, 1923: Denise Levertov Is Born
Denise Levertov, born on this day in 1923, was The Nation’s poetry editor in the 1960s. Her first poem in our pages was “The Sage,” published in the issue of November 1, 1958. The…
Oct 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Live, From New York, It’s a Poke in the Eye for Latinos! Live, From New York, It’s a Poke in the Eye for Latinos!
Make Saturday Night Live (almost) great again—dump Trump.
Oct 23, 2015 / Leslie Savan
LIVE: Between the Lines With Ta-Nehisi Coates LIVE: Between the Lines With Ta-Nehisi Coates
An intimate public conversation with the author of Between the World and Me, streaming today at 6:30 pm, est.
Oct 22, 2015 / The Nation
John Cameron Mitchell’s Journey From Reaganite to Punk Queen John Cameron Mitchell’s Journey From Reaganite to Punk Queen
As Hedwig prepares a national tour, its creator talks with our editors about the show’s genesis, ’90s New York, and socialist project management.
Oct 22, 2015 / Kai Wright and Lizzy Ratner
Humanism, Science, and the Radical Expansion of the Possible Humanism, Science, and the Radical Expansion of the Possible
Why we shouldn’t let neuroscience banish mystery from human life.
Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Marilynne Robinson
Letters From the November 9, 2015, Issue Letters From the November 9, 2015, Issue
Inside out and outside in… Gates’s gilded gospel… obstacle illusions…
Oct 22, 2015 / Barry Schwabsky, Michael Sorkin, and Our Readers
The Noisy Silence of Picasso’s Guitars The Noisy Silence of Picasso’s Guitars
His sculptures reveal the artist’s secret affinities with nascent anti-colonialist movements.
Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Something Important Seeping Out of the World Something Important Seeping Out of the World
Films about mourning and illness, and some worthy commercial fare, dominated this year’s New York Film Festival.
Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans