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How Duke’s Interdisciplinary Dance MFA Is Delivering

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An update on the inaugural class of Duke University’s two-year MFA in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis.

Marlon Brando: Hollywood’s Complex, Conflicted Cassandra

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All else aside, writes William J. Mann, the actor was "a voice in the wilderness warning about the celebrity culture he spied coming down the tracks."

New Report: Artistic Activism Trumps Traditional Practices

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Why don't artists use their greatest asset -- the arts! -- in their arts advocacy?

Can Art Drive Change on Climate Change? Ask Alexis Rockman

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Come to the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, for an evening with artist Alexis Rockman and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Abel of the Boston Globe.

‘Strange Bell’ Rings True: Revisiting the Art of William Christenberry

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In the 1970s, William Christenberry, along with his friend and fellow Southerner William Eggleston, was responsible for the acceptance of color photography as fine...

Pip with Pizzazz: Ethan Mordden Assesses Barbra Streisand

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Diversity, inclusion and curious sins of omission in a new book on the "greatest star."

‘Convention’: Staging a 1944 Progressive-Moderate Slugfest

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Danny Rocco's sprawling experimental history play proves that everything new is old again.

The Paradox of Seeking Justice Through the Arts

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Artists need to shut it down while holding it together, burn bridges while bridging divides.

Dancing Indigenous Resistance to Big Oil on Native Lands

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Not just water, land, air being violated. Women are being murdered. That's why we're activists. That's why we dance.

25 Change-Making Artists You Should Track During 2019

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A second annual compilation of international and US-based artists making a difference.

And the Oscar Goes to…Blanche Walsh?

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The idea of "movie star" was built for her. She deserves the first "Forgotten Women" Oscar.

First, We Dance. Next, We Decolonize Our Food Systems.

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How the Indigenous artists of Dancing Earth are creating a movement...by creating movement.

LIC Artists Pledge to Resist Amazon Art Washing

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Cuomo, de Blasio and Amazon betrayed the cultural communities of Queens. An artist collective says no.

Duke University to Offer the Dance MFA We Need Right Now

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Where success will be measured by positive social change, not just reviews.

Ten 2018 Movies the President Should Watch (But Won’t)

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They'd have a lot to teach him. If only he'd watch them. And none are by white guys.

RJ Mitte, Stephanie Gould Envision Better Roles for Actors with Disabilities

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On this podcast, two actors imagine how the arts could better represent a highly overlooked minority.

Black Power Art Raises a Fist at the Brooklyn Museum

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“Soul of a Nation” takes a breathtaking look at the political and aesthetic work of Black Power artists.

Screen or Stage, Tyne Daly Finds Arts Essential to Democracy

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The Emmy- and Tony-winner has choice thoughts on men and #MeToo, too.

The 10 Most Important Films in the 56th New York Film...

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This year's cream of the crop combines artistry with insightful sociopolitical commentary.

Susan Collins Honorary Co-Sponsor of Human Rights Art Festival?

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Producer Tom Block must disavow all association with the 50th vote for Brett Kavanaugh.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)

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And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?