How a 19th-Century Idea Could Rescue 21st-Century Art
The American Art-Union offers a model for supporting artists with direct engagement from the American public. For an art world struggling in the pandemic economy, it could offer a solution.
Have Skateboard. Dive Deep.
Poet Anders Carlson-Wee on the skateboarding aesthetic, the benefits of dumpster diving, and the dangers of ideological conformity.
How to Tell a Dance on Film
Elliot Caplan and Mirra Bank watch dance with eyes and minds open to creative possibilities. They each create films that deepen understanding of the notoriously ephemeral art form.
Drop Out. Tune In. Start a Revolution.
Mario Torero on leaving art school, his place in the Chicano art movement, and fifty years of bringing color to the streets.
Begin at the End
Ken Thomson exemplifies a new generation of composers tasked with picking up the pieces of music history.
Tuning In
Conrad Winslow on the interdisciplinary inspiration behind his work, feeling the music, and the 21st-century taste for disjunction.
