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Protests, Poverty, Politics and Civil War: On Life Before the Beirut Explosion

Protests, Poverty, Politics and Civil War: On Life Before the Beirut Explosion

From the Graphic Novel Waiting for Normal

By Tamara Saade and Eléonore "Léo" Hamelin | October 23, 2020

Artist Lauren Halsey on the Shape-Shifting Possibilities of Afrofuturism

Artist Lauren Halsey on the Shape-Shifting Possibilities of Afrofuturism

From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | October 23, 2020

Anne Carson: The Sheer Velocity and Ephemerality of Cy Twombly

Anne Carson: The Sheer Velocity and Ephemerality of Cy Twombly

“Ancient Things Are New Things."

By Anne Carson | October 22, 2020

Artist Ramsess on the Circularity of History

Artist Ramsess on the Circularity of History

From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | October 20, 2020

What Does It Mean to Look at Photos of Imagined Violence?

What Does It Mean to Look at Photos of Imagined Violence?

Sarah Sentilles on the Photographs of Debi Cornwall

By Sarah Sentilles | October 19, 2020

Photographer Barbara DuMetz on Bringing Diversity to Both Sides of the Camera

Photographer Barbara DuMetz on Bringing Diversity to Both Sides of the Camera

From the ArtCenter College of Design’s Bi-Weekly Podcast

By Change Lab | October 16, 2020

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Insider or Outsider? A Brief History of the Classification of Black Music

By Anaïs Duplan | October 14, 2020

Marjane Satrapi's hypnotizing paintings of women are now on view in Paris.

By Emily Temple | October 7, 2020

See highlights from James A. Michener's enormous abstract art collection.

By Emily Temple | October 2, 2020

Why Are We Fascinated by Strange Faces?

Why Are We Fascinated by Strange Faces?

Namwali Serpell Considers the "Smiling Disease" Exhibit, the Elephant Man, Michael Jackson, and Cleopatra

By Namwali Serpell | September 29, 2020

The 10 Best Book Covers <br>of September

The 10 Best Book Covers
of September

You Want It Darker?

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2020

Scenes From a Vigil: New York City Mourns the Loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Scenes From a Vigil: New York City Mourns the Loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Gratitude and Grief: Photographs by Rachel Cobb

By Rachel Cobb | September 25, 2020

Climactic Moments in Literature Rescheduled as Zoom Meetings

Climactic Moments in Literature Rescheduled as Zoom Meetings

A New Comic by Kate Gavino

By Kate Gavino | September 23, 2020

Was Abstract Art Actually Invented by a Mid-19th-Century Spiritualist?

Was Abstract Art Actually Invented by a Mid-19th-Century Spiritualist?

Jennifer Dasal on the 1871 Art Exhibition of Georgiana Houghton

By Jennifer Dasal | September 23, 2020

Your guide to enjoying a New York City museum in the middle of a pandemic.

Your guide to enjoying a New York City museum in the middle of a pandemic.

By Corinne Segal | September 15, 2020

The Countess Who Wanted to be the Most Photographed Woman in the World

The Countess Who Wanted to be the Most Photographed Woman in the World

Nathalie Léger on Virginia Oldoïni of Castiglione

By Nathalie Léger | September 14, 2020

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