The Monster in Diego Rivera’s Labyrinth
The message that emerges from the conversations between Diego Rivera and Alfredo Cardona Peña is of the vital, passionate centrality of art for today’s world.
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Huddled Masses and New Media: ‘How the Other Half Looks’
How America's ur-ghetto, New York's Lower East Side, changed the way we see ourselves.
Act It Out: Interview with Boots Riley of ‘Sorry to Bother You’
Kill the clichés. Rebel artfully. Writer-director-musician Boots Riley talks with Cynthia Fuchs about empowering the power of Art.
Beauty and Power: Artist Lorna Simpson’s Coded Language of ‘Black’ Hair
In this beautiful excerpt from Lorna Simpson Collages, Chronicle books shares with PopMatters readers' selections from the renowned artist's collection and a poignant introduction by award-winning poet, Elizabeth Alexander.
Kanye West: The Iconoclast Gives In
How the allure of newness is leading Kanye West astray.
David King Reuben’s New Muse
Acclaimed young painter David King Reuben unveiled three original piano ballads from his forthcoming debut EP at intimate show.
How Laurie Simmons Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Movie Camera
The look and feel of My Art is sunny and green, with warm visuals that have a clear artist's eye for photography.
What Kind of Art Will Hold a Viewer’s Attention? ‘My Art’
From "contact highs" to Be Kind, Rewind, Laurie Simmons discusses the inspirations for and making of her debut narrative feature film, My Art.
‘A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux, 50th Anniversary Edition’ Is a Treasure
There's really nothing quite like this in other collections of "primitive" art, or even in the grand narrative painting from the European tradition.
There’s Fun to Be Found in Artistic Appropriation
Beg, Steal, and Borrow: Artists Against Originality gives some history -- and brings some levity -- to the subject of unoriginality.
‘Loving Vincent’ Is the “Sincerest Form of Flattery”
Seldom does a biopic about Vincent Van Gogh illustrate the depth of emotion many had for the artist.