Inside the Food Truck Mafia Wreaking Havoc Around the National Mall

"Turf wars. Food and fire hazards. $15 ice-cream cones. How an organized network of unlicensed food trucks took over America's Front Lawn."

Culture • 4h

Paradise Revisited

"What Darwin saw in the Galápagos."

Culture • 9h

Artists Reclaim Lady Liberty

Aruna D’Souza on the iconic monument as a tool of political expression and Ed Simon on the allure and anxiety of the Hudson River School.

Culture • 9h

Abyss

The testimonies of Ukraine’s war widows reveal the mortal risk of love and the possibility of dying while alive: a black pain - by Julie Reshe Read on Aeon

Culture • 9h

Operator error

“I blame myself.” Said no one, ever. At least not the consumers I know. When a careless woodworker loses a digit on a table saw, they almost certainly blame the design and instructions of the device, not their lack of care. On a less gruesome note, the user who fails to read

Culture • 10h

The Declaration of Independence Performed by Morgan Freeman, Benicio del Toro, Winona Ryder & Other Actors

Some successful Hollywood producers spend their money on yachts, sports teams, and European castles. Norman Lear’s biggest purchase, or at least his most famous one, was a copy of the Declaration of Independence. He did not, of course, buy the kind of reproduction any tourist

Culture • 10h

What Does the Statue of Liberty Stand For?

As artists like Amy Sherald, Marta Minujín, and Faith Ringgold remind us, the monument is far from a neutral symbol of so-called American values.

Culture • 21h

The Hudson River School’s American Apocalypse

One of the United States’s first major art movements registered anxieties about industrialization, empire, and environmental ruin.

Culture • 21h

NYC's Swiss Institute Heads to the Bowery

Raymond Pettibon and Abdelkader Benchamma team up on a massive mural, Seattle Art Museum's new chief curator, and more.

Culture • 21h

Hopeful Art Fundraisers for Earthquake Relief in Venezuela

Art sales featuring everything from paintings and prints to photographs, artist books, and zines are benefiting urgently needed aid efforts.

Culture • 21h

Required Reading

This week: James Turrell in Denmark, a new album by Raven Chacon, a Black radical history of the Declaration of Independence, World Cup songs across time, and more.

Culture • 22h

New York Gallery Lyles & King to Close After 11 Years

The gallery became known for championing the careers of Mira Schor, Chris Hood, Philip Birch, and Davina Semo, among others.

Culture • 22h

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