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Nine Artists Who Shine at the 2025 Outsider Art Fair
Our critic uncovers rarities and treasures from prominent collections, from uncanny photos and masks to works on paper and exuberant quilts.
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Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s Photos Reverberate With Scenes of Their Own Making
At Bortolami Gallery, a star of the 2019 Whitney Biennial takes down the fourth wall between art and exhibition.
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Steve McQueen and the Meaning of Resistance
A photography exhibition curated by the artist and filmmaker gathers nearly 200 black-and-white photographs showing a century of political struggles.
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Poland’s Museums Veered to the Right. A New One Aims for the Middle.
For years, lawmakers tried to turn Polish cultural institutions conservative. Now, the revamped Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw wants to avoid getting drawn into politics.
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A Goodbye to Two Legends: Roberta Flack and Jerry Butler
The older I get, the more I understand why the powers that be called it “soul music.” It’s the sound that wafted through my childhood when my folks cleaned the house on the weekend, when they drove to the grocery store, and whenever I sat at the kids’ table during more cookouts and holiday dinners…
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A Mathematical Explanation of What is Going to Win Best Picture This Year
Everything changed about the Best Picture race in 2009, when the Academy adopted the preferential ballot as their Best Picture voting method. This was the same year the Best Picture field was expanded from five to ten nominees (as a response to “The Dark Knight” and “Wall-E” getting shut out of the 2008 Best Picture…
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Netflix’s “Running Point” is Pretty Funny if You Don’t Think About it Too Hard
What if minorities helped billionaires become better people? That’s a tad reductive, but the basic premise of “Running Point,” a fictionalized take on the life of Los Angeles Lakers co-owner Jeanie Buss, is little more than a combination of “Succession” and “Ted Lasso” (with a tiny dash of “Arrested Development”), only, this time, the rich…
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New York International Children’s Film Festival Highlights Original Work From Around the World
One of my favorite film stories of the last year has been the success of “Flow,” a critical darling and Oscar nominee for both Best Animated Feature and Best International Film. The funny thing is I think the movie itself is a tick overrated, but I don’t care because it feels like that cute cat…
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Quantifying ROI: Understanding the impact of cybersecurity products and services on cyber insurance claims
Research reveals that the value of cyber insurance claims made by organizations using MDR services are, on average, 97.5% lower than those made by organizations that rely on endpoint protection alone.
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NASA’S Lunar Trailblazer Hitches Ride to the Moon to Map Water for Astronauts
Lunar Trailblazer, an orbiter that shared a launch on Wednesday with the commercial Athena lander, will help scientists understand where the moon’s water is, and what form it takes.