December 26, 2019
The Exuberant, Meditative New Little Women
The latest adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel, written and directed by Greta Gerwig, uncovers new textures for its iconic characters.
Katherine Connell
The Story of Charles Ethan Porter, an African American Still-Life Painter
Porter’s struggle, and the ensuing invisibility of his work, are as much a part of his story as his masterful paintings that dignify humble everyday objects.
Karen Chernick
The Restless Mind of Giorgio de Chirico
The symbolism that runs through much of de Chirico’s visual art is also apparent in his poetry.
Jeffrey Grunthaner
Hart Island Cemetery Will Be Reincarnated as a Public Space
Historically, the island — the world’s largest tax-funded cemetery — has operated under the purview of the Department of Corrections, which pays Rikers Island inmates $1 an hour to handle the area’s many bodies.
Kate Gill
Deconstructing Colonial Cinema with Ethnographic Fiction
Experimental filmmaker Laura Huertas Millán talks to Hyperallergic about challenging the standard modes of exoticism, ethnography, and anthropology.
Justine Smith
Celebrating the Hispano Folk Music Traditions of New Mexico
In their Hispanic Heritage Wing, Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art tells multilayered stories of music and performance in northern New Mexico.
Lillia McEnaney
A Project Salvages and Installs No-Cost Payphones to Revive a Fading Technology
Karl Anderson founded Futel to salvage no-pay phones, that enable callers to make free outgoing calls or to interact with operators and record messages.
Sarah Rose Sharp
Kent Monkman Introduces Candid Indigenous Narratives to the Metropolitan Museum’s Great Hall
In a new major commission for the Met, Monkman renders the past injustices and contemporary challenges endured by Indigenous people in the style of academic history painting.
Valentina Di Liscia
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