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US Elections
fromBuzzFeed
11 hours ago

I Was A Lifelong Progressive. Then I Started Listening To Bari Weiss - And Everything Changed.

Experiencing a 'red pill' awakening leads individuals to abandon liberal values for conservatism or far-right beliefs.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 hours ago

What Is a "Post-Duchamp" Art World?

Duchamp's work reflects a continuous dialogue between past and future, showcasing his genius in anticipating museum logic.
fromVulture
2 hours ago

'He Was Genius About Sex'

Peter Hujar's first encounter with love at 16 involved an older man who he felt an immediate attraction to, marking the beginning of his exploration into relationships.
Photography
#academic-freedom
Higher education
fromAbove the Law
2 days ago

Cornell Federalist Society Invites 'White Supremacy' Speaker Because That's What Federalist Society Chapters Do - Above the Law

University of Pennsylvania sanctioned Professor Amy Wax for promoting white supremacy but allowed her to keep her job and tenure.
Higher education
fromAbove the Law
2 days ago

Cornell Federalist Society Invites 'White Supremacy' Speaker Because That's What Federalist Society Chapters Do - Above the Law

University of Pennsylvania sanctioned Professor Amy Wax for promoting white supremacy but allowed her to keep her job and tenure.
Social justice
fromThe Nation
3 days ago

The Enduring Lessons of the Jewish Bund

The Jewish Labor Bund's history reveals a connection between past anti-Semitic violence and contemporary actions against Palestinians in the name of Zionism.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Go Gentle by Maria Semple review a joyfully clever New York romcom

Stoic philosophy is applied to modern life through the character Adora Hazzard, blending humor, romance, and existential themes.
Film
fromThe New Yorker
5 days ago

"The Drama" Is One Long Troll

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson star in a film that explores the fallout of a shocking revelation, sparking significant discourse.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
3 days ago

Building stories and community: The rise of the Brooklyn Book Bodega * Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Book Bodega aims to increase access to books for children and families in New York City, addressing disparities in book availability.
Writing
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 days ago

An open door into the rooms of Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, and other residents of the legendary Chelsea Hotel

Albert Scopin's experiences and photographs at the Chelsea Hotel in 1969 reflect a vibrant artistic community and the era's creative freedom.
NYC music
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 days ago

Video: Fcukers Cares About Not Caring

Fcukers' single 'If You Wanna Party, Come Over to My House' embodies a carefree, nonchalant attitude in a neo-electroclash style.
#new-york-city
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago
New York City

What would you miss about New York City if you left?

New Yorkers cherish unique local experiences, especially food and community connections, which define their love for the city.
fromHyperallergic
5 days ago
Arts

Unlike Josh Kline, I Choose New York

New York City's real estate market negatively impacts the sustainability and relevance of contemporary art.
NYC food
fromThe Manual
4 days ago

More indulgeance in NYC for you to plan for your next trip to the big city

Indulge in an authentic New York City experience with luxury accommodations and gourmet dining options.
NYC politics
fromLaughing Squid
6 days ago

A 'Smile' Horror Movie Parody Poking Fun at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Famous Grin

New York City Mayor's Office humorously parodied Mayor Mamdani's grin at the Inner Circle gala, continuing a tradition of self-deprecating humor for charity.
New York City
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago

What would you miss about New York City if you left?

New Yorkers cherish unique local experiences, especially food and community connections, which define their love for the city.
Media industry
fromIntelligencer
6 days ago

Does the New York Times Need a Magazine?

T Magazine thrives on Hanya Yanagihara's unique vision, attracting luxury advertisers despite its niche appeal and limited readership.
Mental health
fromThe New Yorker
6 days ago

What I Know About You Based on How Many of Your Friends Are Becoming Therapists

Many people are pursuing therapy careers, reflecting a broader existential crisis and changing values in society.
Travel
fromConde Nast Traveler
5 days ago

How I Travel: Emma Straub Has a Favorite Bookstore in Every City

Traveling disrupts routines and allows people to explore different versions of themselves, as experienced by Emma Straub on cruises.
fromBKMAG
6 days ago

Great Pizza, Lots Of Wine, and a Disco Ball: Brooklyn's Best New Party is at Balera

"We've all been in the restaurant industry for a long time, in many different ways. We met a couple of years ago, and one night, after they had been out all day surfing, they just proposed that I join them in opening a restaurant."
Portland food
NYC real estate
fromCurbed
6 days ago

Jeffrey Epstein vs. the Frick

Jeffrey Epstein opposed the Frick's expansion plans, citing concerns over historical integrity and potential noise, while also being motivated by personal view preservation.
US Elections
fromIndependent
1 day ago

Colum McCann: Never in my 40 years in the US have I felt an atmosphere as poisonous as this

Donald Trump is likened to a carnival barker, enticing people with promises and taking their money.
fromConde Nast Traveler
6 days ago

7 Best Hotels to Book in SoHo, New York's See-and-Be-Seen Neighborhood

In SoHo, people are always waiting in line for something, whether that's the latest sneaker drop or a croissant-donut hybrid. There's a palpable enthusiasm for the Next Big Thing.
Berlin
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Required Reading

Compton's art center aims to support formerly incarcerated artists and promote rehabilitation through creative expression.
Film
fromForbes
4 days ago

'Last Payphone' And The Film Trend Of 1990s New York

The Last Payphone of New York is a dark comedy about a kidnapping involving a ransom call made from a payphone.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
5 days ago

The Patron Saint of Oddballs and Delinquents

Nancy Lemann's works capture the eccentricities and decay of New Orleans life, highlighting her unique observational style.
Books
fromVulture
5 days ago

Behold: The National Book Foundation's '5 Under 35'

The National Book Foundation recognizes five authors under 35 for their impactful debut works, focusing on diverse themes and experiences.
fromMpls.St.Paul Magazine
6 days ago

Design Destinations: New York City

"It's a really special spot. When you start at the top and move down the gently sloped ramp, you almost feel like a marble tumbling down, looking at art as you roll by. The slight slant plays with your sense of perspective and grounding."
NYC food
NYC music
fromThe Aquarian
6 days ago

The Manhattan Beat: 50+ Awesome Live Music Events This Week in NYC

Over 50 concerts are recommended in New York City this week across various venues and genres.
#art
fromHyperallergic
2 days ago
Arts

A View From the Easel

Art is perceived as visual music, blending painting and movement in a spacious, well-lit studio.
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago
Arts

Where nostalgia turns decadent: The Moonlighters take Tribeca

The Moonlighters by Michael Fredo evokes nostalgia with a refined atmosphere, blending charm and awareness in its artistic presentation.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

Where nostalgia turns decadent: The Moonlighters take Tribeca

The Moonlighters by Michael Fredo evokes nostalgia with a refined atmosphere, blending charm and awareness in its artistic presentation.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
6 days ago

The Feeling of Becoming Less and Less of a Person

The advent of the smartphone marked a significant shift in human perception and relationships, altering the human sensorium since June 2007.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

My Lover, the Rabbi by Wayne Koestenbaum review as fierce and strange as anything you'll read this year

Wayne Koestenbaum's novel explores obsession and desire through a modernist lens, intertwining characters in a narrative reminiscent of 19th-century literature.
Books
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

Jay McInerney's Yuppie New York

Jay McInerney's latest novel reflects on the lives of New York's bourgeoisie as they confront aging and nostalgia in familiar settings.
#ben-lerner
Writing
fromArtforum
6 days ago

Ben Lerner's Transcription and the Fictional Readymade

Ben Lerner's new novel, Transcription, showcases his restless creativity and innovative formal experimentation in fiction.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

He Wrote a Book About Interviewing. Here's His Interview.

Ben Lerner's 'Transcription' explores memory, language, and technology through the lens of a writer's relationship with his mentor.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

The Ample Rewards of Ben Lerner's Slender New Novel

An interview with Ben Lerner reveals complexities of memory and influence in art and literature.
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

The Philosopher Who Predicted Our Post-Literate Art Moment | Artnet News

Flusser believed that the transformation brought about by new media would reshape the world, leading to a consciousness defined by images rather than the written word.
Arts
Books
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

The novels explore complex themes of intimacy, loss, and coping mechanisms in relationships between young women and older figures.
Roam Research
fromThe New Yorker
4 weeks ago

Letters from Our Readers

Clear-air turbulence over Southeast Asia caused dramatic altitude changes in both modern commercial flights and World War II transport planes, with historical flights experiencing far more severe drops than contemporary incidents.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Art Movements: Meet The Met's New Photography Curator

Oluremi C. Onabanjo is appointed curator of photographs at The Met, enhancing representation of African and Black diasporic histories.
Books
fromTime Out New York
1 week ago

This New York reading retreat is rethinking book clubs

Page Break offers a unique weekend retreat where strangers read a novel aloud together, fostering community and enhancing comprehension.
fromTime Out New York
1 week ago

These books have the longest waitlists at NYC's libraries

The most common titles on hold with the longest waits include The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, Theo of Golden by Allen Levi, Project Hail Mary by Andrew Weir, Heart the Lover by Lily King and Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden.
Books
Philosophy
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

Where have all the public intellectuals gone? - Harvard Gazette

Public intellectuals are essential in democratic cultures to articulate unformed ideas and help citizens understand their values, but conditions supporting intellectual life in America are eroding due to social and economic shifts.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
6 days ago

The Museum Breathing Life Into New York's Downtown Performance Scene

The Leslie-Lohman Museum connects art with the needs of the queer community amidst political challenges.
Writing
fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago

The Enigma of Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein's complex writing style and innovative use of language significantly influenced 20th-century literature, despite ongoing ambivalence from readers.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

The Sci-Fi Novelist Who Disappeared for Decades

Cameron Reed's science fiction explores cognitive estrangement, revealing alien worlds that reflect and challenge our own societal norms and moral dilemmas.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Required Reading

Calida Rawles' art explores the duality of water as both healing and destructive within the Black diaspora's history.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

How Long Can You Live Your Ideals?

Pat Calhoun chooses parenthood over radicalism, paralleling Elsa Haddish's struggle between her militant past and raising her daughter safely.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Required Reading

Art conservation and fiction writing share a common goal of revealing and preserving layers of history and storytelling.
Writing
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

At Zoe Branch's table, poetry is alive and well in New York City | amNewYork

Zoe Branch's typewriter poetry in Central Park has made her a notable figure, offering personalized poems that connect deeply with individuals.
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Under the Influence at the Whitney Biennial

Artists often fail to acknowledge the influences and predecessors that shaped their work, particularly in the context of AI-generated art.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
4 weeks ago

What Went Wrong When Susan Sontag Met Thomas Mann?

Susan Sontag recalled a disappointing 1947 meeting with Thomas Mann at age fourteen, experiencing profound disillusionment when the literary titan failed to match her idealized expectations of him.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Required Reading

Artists depict motherhood and childbirth through raw, unsentimental imagery that challenges conventional artistic and cultural representations of birth and maternal experience.
Left-wing politics
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

How the University Replaced the Church as the Home of Liberal Morality

Universities have replaced churches and unions as primary institutions shaping young liberals' moral imagination, community, and political activism.
Television
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Discovering Where Your Interests Lie

Many professed interests are performative: people prefer outcomes or appearances while avoiding the work, commitment, or discomfort that genuine interest requires.
Europe politics
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

The Country That Made Its Own Canon

Sweden released a national culture canon, sparking controversy over national identity as immigration rises and the nationalist Sweden Democrats gain political influence.
US politics
fromEmptywheel
2 months ago

LaMonica McIver and Schrodinger's Baraka

An indictment naming Ras Baraka as Individual-1 was announced before polls closed and contains factual holes and inconsistent DOJ accounts.
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

What Do We Really Think of the New New Museum?

The new New Museum is many things: contemporary, perhaps, but also a science, history, anthropology, and many other museums in one. It echoes the desire of its patron class to own the world and its affiliated courtier class to deliver it to them on a silver platter, or encased in perforated metal, in this case.
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Losing Faith in Atheism

Shortly after the orderlies wheeled Jim away to be intubated, an intensive-care doctor explained to me and Alice that our brother was suffering from acute respiratory failure. This man, whom we'd never seen before, casually added that Jim was unlikely to make it to morning. Then he continued on his rounds. The first thing we did, once he'd left, was pray.
Philosophy
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Required Reading

Women's strikes, graffiti activism, and museum repatriation efforts represent diverse forms of contemporary protest and cultural reckoning across multiple global contexts.
fromApaonline
2 months ago

Something Stupid Like Philosophy

They escaped persecution in the form of violent antisemitism and came to Canada with next to nothing. They built their lives from the ground up and understood, through lived experience, what the normalization of cruelty did to the human spirit, how quickly people can be swayed by the opinions of the day, and how easily one could forfeit the human capacity to stop and truly think about what one is doing.
Philosophy
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

A View From the Easel

Artist Lusmerlin Lantigua uses meditative practices like dancing and singing to align body and mind before painting, viewing the studio as a flexible space where nature observation directly influences creative work.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Dilara, the protagonist of this début novel, is consumed by the absence of a stable home in her life. She and her family flee Turkey, where she is from, after a failed coup in 2016. When they end up in Italy, something inexplicable happens: Dilara's bathroom transforms into a cell in an infamous prison on the outskirts of Istanbul.
Books
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Required Reading

Iranian heritage sites face irreversible damage from military conflict, while contemporary artists and curators reimagine cultural spaces through photography, exhibitions, and architectural interventions.
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Why Shouldn't We Let Demons Do Homework?

A crack of thunder, a flash of light, and a sulfurous mist flooded my apartment. Marax, President of Hell, stood before me. Marax entered my summoning circle, eyes burning with unholy fire, and I gave him the stack of homework to flip through while I brushed my teeth. Marax marked up the papers and fleshed out my bullet points into thoughtful feedback before I even got to my molars. Then-three hours of my life, saved!-I banished him back to Hell.
Writing
Books
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

What Fetishists Can Teach Us About Consumerism and Desire

Fetish cultures transform ordinary objects into sources of transcendent meaning and sustained erotic power that resist the disappointment of conventional consumerism.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Literary Theory

Words carry multiple meanings; 'swallow' embodies both bird and ingestion, showing language's power to alter perception and emotional states.
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Reading for the New Year: Part Four

We meet him as a Gumby-like figure, asleep on a dirt floor, with only a jug of water and a toy horse. He has no idea how he got there. When he's around seventeen years old, Kaspar meets his captor, rendered in the book as a shadowy, hatch-marked father: "The Man in Black." The man teaches him to write his name; he teaches him to take a few fumbling goose steps outside.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

She Shook Up the Literary World, Then Renounced It

Many editors languish in the margins of history, their contributions largely invisible despite how much they shape whom and how we read. But in recent years, amid a wave of books unearthing overlooked figures, biographers have turned their sights to pioneering book and magazine editors-including Malcolm Cowley of Viking, Judith Jones of Knopf, Bennett Cerf of Random House, and Katharine S. White of The New Yorker -anointing them as the unsung architects of the American literary canon.
Books
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Required Reading

Artists explore themes of Black resistance, marronage, and ecological history through natural materials and portraiture while navigating creative practice alongside full-time work.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

How Do You Write About the Inexplicable?

Rational skepticism coexists with a persistent tendency to personify evil and read coincidences as omens.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Reading for the New Year: Part Three

Muriel Spark's The Bachelors showcases dark British comic fiction with dry London dialogue, ingeniously malignant plotting, and mordant social observation.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Develop Your Work and Aesthetic Philosophy at New York Studio School

Join a community of dedicated artists for full-time study in drawing, painting, and sculpture. The New York Studio School was founded in 1964 with an emphasis on artists learning from artists, working from perception in extensive studio sessions, and the pursuit of drawing as the most direct means of describing one's ideas or experiences. At NYSS, students cultivate distinctive visual languages and develop personal studio practices that last a lifetime.
Arts
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Required Reading

A 19th-century Quran from Arturo Schomburg's collection was used at Zohran Mamdani's swearing-in, symbolizing dignity for immigrant and working-class New Yorkers.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Required Reading

Marah Al-Za'anin, an 18-year-old Palestinian artist, has transformed a tent in Gaza City's Al-Rimal neighborhood into a studio. Al-Za'anin can't have been more than 15 or 16 years old when the genocide began, but she continues to pursue her passion for art and uses her brother's phone as a light source while she paints and draws late into the night. (photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Arts
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Required Reading

Artists use playful, empathetic imagery to challenge ageist and gendered stereotypes and to restore community and resilience amid destruction.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Required Reading

Sprouting from the roof of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, artist Rose B. Simpson's newly installed bronze sculpture "Behold" has its gaze fixed on the cityscape before it. The Tewa of Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh artist, herself a mother, crafted a tender portrait of an interconnected parent and child that "asks us to be human with each other, to change our narrative through wonder, witness and a foundation in the soft warmth of our humanity," she said in a statement.
Arts
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Required Reading

Historic and contemporary cultural scenes reveal shifting norms in love, gender, Black entrepreneurship, and visual arts, from coded letters to early Black-owned bookstores.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Required Reading

Lunar New Year festivities and California's new Historic South L.A. Cultural District underscore renewed recognition of local arts, community celebration, and plans for a monument.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

A View From the Easel

I work outside, carving and shaping the stone. Outside my house, I have a table, an extension cord, and tools. It's very cold and I have to wear all my winter clothes. When it's too cold, I do the filing and finishing work inside after I shape it outside. I listen to all kinds of music. I listen to Eminem all the time; his albums are all my favorites. For drawings, I work at Kinngait Studios or at home on my kitchen table.
Arts
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

A Surprisingly Enjoyable Show About Critical Theory

Echo Delay Reverb examines French critical theory's influence on American art, highlighting Francophone thinkers and artworks addressing labor, incarceration, materiality, and formal contrasts.
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