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,
Penske Gobbles Up Vox Media
In better news: Frankenthaler Foundation climate grants, Meow Wolf on “The Simpsons,” Schomburg Center acquisitions, and more.
The Inner Worlds of Black Quilters
I am often reminded of the warmth of a quilt at my great-grandmother’s house, the weight of wool and polyester patchwork that dared you to try to break free.
The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books...
The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought . “It is a well-known feature of civil society that nervous middle managers often act far more radically than top executives out of a sense of self-preservation.”
Animated Nellie Mae Rowe Biopic Coming to YouTube
Streaming of the 2023 film, which lovingly immortalizes the late self-taught Black artist's life and legacy, starts on July 2.
Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over...
Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown . “This is absolutely crazy. It is also about 20C above normal for this time of the year. That is a huge anomaly.”
Required Reading
This week: the Obama Center opens in Chicago, painting with Urdu script, glamour as protest, the woman who popularized astrology, an artist’s ode to pigeons, and more.
Seattle Art Museum Workers Vote to Unionize in Landslide Election
The new union will represent over 130 full- and part-time employees across the institution’s three locations.
Monty Python: The Philosophers’ Football Match
As the World Cup gets underway here in the Americas, here’s a look back at a football battle for the ages: Germany vs. Greece in The Philosophers’ Football Match . Germany’s lineup included Nietzsche , Kant, Hegel, Wittgenstein, and Marx while the likes of Plato, Socrates,