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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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