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May 26, 2017
Owning Time at the Venice Biennale
If only for an hour, the Zimbabwean artist Admire Kamudzengerere sought to exert control over an audience culled from the wealthy, sophisticated, international art-world elite.
Alina Cohen
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April 7, 2017
Who Needs the NEA and NEH?
What is really lost when we cut public funds for the arts and humanities.
David Hajdu
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March 13, 2017
Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities
This is not about fiscal responsibility.
NationAction
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May 6, 2016
A Violent Room
Why did the movie Purple Rain want or perhaps need to produce and reprise a particular fantasy of interraciality?
Joshua Clover
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February 11, 2016
In Defense of Beyoncé’s Black Panther Tribute at the Super Bowl
The right-wing backlash to her Super Bowl performance only proves how important it was.
Dave Zirin
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January 26, 2016
Why Donny McCaslin Was David Bowie’s David Bowie
In the making of Blackstar, David Bowie trusted that Donny McCaslin and his quartet would invoke a profoundly emotive album.
David Hajdu
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July 30, 2015
Elements of Style
The legendary Balanchine dancer Violette Verdy embodies the alchemy that turns music into meaning.
Marina Harss
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December 23, 2014
Dancing With Shiva
Shantala Shivalingappa smolders as she dances the lives of the gods.
Marina Harss
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April 22, 2014
Song and Dance
Why a production of Prince Igor was a missed opportunity to call a truce between opera and dance.
Marina Harss
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December 30, 2013
Shelf Life
In 1924, Lidia Ivanova, George Balanchine’s “lost muse,” disappeared on the eve of their company’s first European tour. Was her death an accident?
Marina Harss