10 Contemporary Artists Reckoning With Fatherhood
Immigrant dads, absent dads, flawed dads, fellow artist dads, adopted dads — these artworks explore all that a father figure can be.
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15 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This Summer
James Turrell’s luminous visions, Agnes Martin’s nonconformist heroism, Anicka Yi’s micro-organic experiments, and much more.
Georgia O’Keeffe the Wanderer
A new documentary presents the artist as a perpetual voyager, generously highlighting her lesser-known work and combating myths about her relationship with Alfred Stieglitz.
Rosalie Favell and the Search for Herself
“I came out as a lesbian before I came out as an Indigenous woman,” the Métis artist told Hyperallergic.
A View From the Easel
“My studio is a manifestation of my coloring book at eight years old.”
‘David Bowie Was a Crazy Workaholic’: Labyrinth at 40 – an Oral History
"Today, Jim Henson’s dark fairytale is seen as a classic of 80s high camp. But on release, it bombed."
Trauma creep
From a broken life to a broken nail, ‘trauma’ has been bleached by overuse. But it names something real – and must be reclaimed - by Lily Dunn Read on Aeon
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: • Showing our age • Special delivery • Unfriendly wagers • A shore thing • Sale therapy
The gap between true and known
We have more agency and choice than we know. And sometimes, when the awareness of our freedom arrives, it’s too late to reclaim the opportunities we missed. Some of the walls around us are real—built by people who have no right to build them, who profit from our staying put.
Before Bill Nye, There Was Julius Sumner Miller: Watch Complete Episodes of His Classic Science Show, Why Is It So?, Free Online (1962–73)
“We are approaching a darkness in the land. Boys and girls are emerging from every level of school with certificates and degrees, but they can’t read, write or calculate. We don’t have academic honesty or intellectual rigor.” That quote may sound like a familiar lament today,