Are Art Institutions Falling Behind? Miami Art Week Recap
Dive into the non traditional artists making waves right now.
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On Max Evasion - "Burple Stomp" (2025)
It’s crazy how sometimes people resonate with something that you spend no time on. A few days ago I came across a performance art piece titled “Burple Stomp” (2025) which premiered at Miami Art Basel by the dancer/artist known as Max Evasion on social media. It stuck with
On Reinvention, Survival, and the Art of Showing Up
The Absurdism of All Is Lost
The 2013 film of a man lost at sea is a potent representation of all humanity's efforts to master the world made powerless against a world that does not care.
When Everything Feels Like the Movies, Go to a Concert
When performance cuts us, we are thankful to bleed.
The Latest Booker Prize is awarded to Author David Szalay
The Booker Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards and was recently awarded to David Szalay for his book "Flesh".
This Week in Art & Culture: Fast Fashion Backlash • Wealth’s Visuals • Ross On-Auction
From Paris pushing back against SHEIN’s first permanent store, to a closer look at how wealth is framed across film and architecture, to Bob Ross paintings selling for over $600k to support public TV.
SHE”IN” or “OUT”? Paris Says “No” to SHEIN’s First Permanent Store
On the first day of SHEIN’s grand opening in Paris, shoppers and protestors rally at the BHV department store. The fast-fashion giant now faces controversies, boycotts and fury over labor issues, sustainability, and scandals involving its sales of “childlike” sex dolls
The Aesthetics of Wealth Inequality
Sometimes richness looks like an opulent mansion, sometimes it looks like a sleek modern home. In these different aesthetic visions of wealth, we get different accounts of its injustices.
This Week In The Arts - What Will Be Mamdani's Effect on The Arts?
This week we look at Zohran Mamdani’s historic win, the new U.S. Poet Laureate, the creative limits of IMAX, the elegance of xia, the opening of Egypt’s Grand Museum, and Saba’s latest track that reminds us hip-hop still breathes off the charts.
National Library of Congress Announces New United States Poet Laureate
On September 15th, 2025 the National Library of Congress appointed Arthur Sze as the nation’s 25th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.
The Creative Inconveniences of IMAX
While its popularity is exploding, IMAX is still a cumbersome, disorganized format. Its lack of convenience, though, has become a channel for creativity.
Film & TV
A Touch of Xia Between Blades and Wine Cups
When old swords tell new stories, Wuxia films and chivalrous ideals modernize over time.
News
Is Zohran's Win A Win For Artists?
The historic mayoral win has many celebrating. The question is, should we?
Weekly Newsletter
Piecing it all together
Collage, clay, and coming-of-age in 2025, this week’s features linger on the handmade worlds that make art come alive.
Film & TV
We Need More Clay Puppets for Halloween
It’s *this* time of the year again and we’re all excited for another spooktacular Halloween. Spice up your Oct 31st by adding these stop-motion films to your watchlist and revisiting the quirky charm of handmade horrors.
Film & TV
Imperfect Days
It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life. And in Perfect Days, feeling good requires risk and active engagement, not just a peaceful routine.
Art
The Art of Collage: Artist Spotlight on Benny Del Mar
Collaging is a long-standing art form rising in popularity. This article includes an interview with a small southern california artist where we discuss collaging as an art form and its evolution in the digital era.
Culture
When "Saturn Returns": Notes on Youth, Netflix, and the Passing Moment
Late 20s, early 30s, a time of reckoning for Gen Z.
Weekly Newsletter
This Week In The Arts - Signal Lost: Art, Rebellion, and the Battle Over Expression
From punk revivals to banned books, this week’s issue traces how rebellion moves through culture, from the runway to the library shelf to the movie screen and asks what happens when art meant to provoke becomes art meant to please.
Literature
What are banned books? The Top 10 Most Challenged Literary Works
Banned Books Week, October 5th to 11th, recently passed, bringing more attention to the slogan 'Buy Banned Books'. Hence the question: what are the most banned books in the U.S. and why does this matter?
Film & TV
The Revolution WILL Be Televised
In lieu of mythologizing, One Battle After Another and Andor focus on organizational commitment and personal sacrifice needed to fuel a revolution.
Literature
Post-Modern Satire Gets Angst. It Invented Angst.
Sometimes, meaning seems meaningless. When there is neither Cat nor Cradle to be seen, how can we trust the prejudices of a taught but false reality? Kurt Vonnegut asks this question in his expansive religious and scientific satire novel, Cat's Cradle.
Animation
Vivienne Westwood x NANA: They’re Back on the Runway
After twenty-five years of wanting and waiting, the punk souls have finally returned with a brand-new edition and fashion collaboration. Happy birthday, NANA, and welcome back!