Bianca Bosker: Unveiling the Hidden Art World
In her book, "Get the Picture," Bianca Bosker exposes the elitist barriers of the art world and why they were created.
Lucius’s Wildewoman is a Comeback for the Ages
Ten years after an indifferent review, Lucius’s Wildewoman is re-released, proving its timeless appeal and the band’s unrivaled talent for genre-defying music and vocal magic.
AI-Generated Art—From the 1980s
Long before Midjourney and OpenAI's Dall-E, Harold Cohen’s AARON, revived and running at the Whitney Museum of American Art, showed a more collaborative form of AI art.
‘The Age of Deer’ Explores History, Myth & Imagination
Erika Howsare ventures through centuries, across cultures and geographies and peoples. Her hospitable manner and magnetic subject draws us along through research hidden beneath easy prose.
Resonant Artistry in David Virelles’s Album ‘Carta’
An intimate, athletic performance in Zurich displays the pianist’s brilliant, unorthodox style found on his latest album.
PBS’ Disappointing “Human Footprint” Docuseries
Shane Campbell-Staton's well-intentioned storyline is riddled with inexcusable inaccuracies and gross (though convenient) oversimplifications.
Brian Merchant’s Obsession With Technological Dystopias
In his book, "Blood and the Machine," Merchant jogs our memory of past technological upheavals in an attempt to arm us for the tyrannical change he foresees.
Maggie Smith’s “You Could Make This Place Beautiful”
Prophets and poets over-index toward suffering. Truth-telling has its costs. As Smith’s poem traversed space and time, giving life and language to aching and adoring multitudes, her marriage was dying.
Recoding America By Jennifer Pahlka
When systems or organizations do not work the way you think they should, it is not because the people inside them are stupid or evil. It is because they are operating according to structures and incentives that aren’t obvious from the outside.