If It Were Up To Jon Stewart, ‘Hamilton’ Never Would’ve Been Made
Jon Stewart’s sassy segment mocking Lin-Manuel Miranda in 2009 did not age well.
$2 Million Art Above Homeless Tent Encampment Highlights DC’s Problems
Washington D.C. taxpayers are footing the bill for a $2 million light installation under bridges where sidewalks are lined with tents.
Yes, The Jeff Koons ‘Rabbit’ Is Worth $91 Million
It’s easy to mock Jeff Koons’s inflatable bunny selling for $91 million at auction this week. But it really is that good.
No, People Shouldn’t Commission A Grandchild Using Their Dead Son’s Sperm
Posthumous sperm collection has been going on in the United States since the 1970s. Its authorized procurement and use has been determined on a case-by-case basis.
Is Concern For Rebuilding Notre Dame About Piety Or Aesthetics?
No tears fall for these parishes in Florida’s panhandle, devastated by hurricanes, that lack the supernal sheen of great architecture.
Smithsonian Exhibit Offers Glimpses Into Qing Dynasty Empresses’ Private Lives
Even if you’re not very knowledgeable about Chinese art, you’ll find this is an astonishing show—rich in beauty and history, well-curated, and leaving visitors wanting to learn more.
Savannah Museum Explores Rembrandt’s Biblical And Jewish Works
Even centuries after its creation, the works in this exhibition challenge us to think whether we are so very different or so much more advanced today than the people Rembrandt depicts.
Niche-ified Pop Culture Could Lead To Either A Renaissance Or A Dark Age
If Americans resist the urge to huddle in niches and use entertainment for validation and pleasure, they will continue progressing towards a brighter future with stronger communities.
‘Hadestown’ On Broadway Re-Envisions An Ancient Story Of Love, Loss, And Distrust
Written by Anaïs Mitchell, directed by Rachel Chavkin, the story follows the twisted love stories of both Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone.
How To Add A Christian Pilgrimage To Your Summer Vacation
There are lots of Christian places all over this world. If you’re traveling in the United States this summer, why not add a Christian cultural stop to your itinerary?
The Little Artist Who Paints Big: Tintoretto Fills National Gallery Of Art
In this single work, Tintoretto manages to demonstrate his astonishing artistic skill, while simultaneously evoking the wealth and power of the Venetian Republic.
A Conversation With The Anti-Political Correctness Satirist Who Is Pissing Off Instagram
A conversation with humorist MADEbyJIMBOB (@madebyjimbob) on content suppression, late-night comedy, and the importance of satire in our political moment.
At The Frick, A Lesser-Known Old Master Plays With Portrait Conventions
The first major exhibition dedicated to Giovanni Battista Moroni’s work ever mounted in the United States opened recently at the Frick Collection in New York.
See How A Restorer Brought My Old Master Painting Back To Life
What happens when you come to own a very old painting that’s in need of some tender loving care? For pity’s sake, don’t break out the soap and water.
30 Years After The Fatwa, Salman Rushdie Lives But Free Speech Is In Danger
On this day in 1989, a fatwa ordering the murder of Salman Rushdie was announced. Are we closer or farther to the goal of free expression today?
Ivanka Trump Responds To ‘Ivanka Vacuuming’ In The Classiest Way Possible
Rather than criticizing the ‘art’ and the artist herself (which is plenty easy to do), Ivanka is standing up for the teenager who’s getting paid to have crumbs thrown at her.
Big New York Exhibition Of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Artwork Leaves Out His Christianity
Always thinking about the mythology he was inventing, Tolkien would draw on any paper that came to hand as he imagined the peoples and cultures of Middle-earth.
Art Exhibit Invites People To Throw Trash At Vacuuming Ivanka Trump Lookalike
The irony, of course, is that the exhibit reflects every stereotype feminists claim to stand against, oversexualizing Ivanka’s body and ignoring her hard work.
Her Majesty’s Sculptor Alexander Stoddart On Art, Michaelangelo, And Instagram
‘Public art is an idiotic type of private art that should be in a whitewall gallery, safely away from the general public, amongst the cultural psychopaths to whom it ministers.’
Why Does Pope Francis’s New Morocco Logo Imply Submission To Islam?
Pan-religious sentimentality survives in the current pope’s apparent embrace of Islam as morally equivalent to Judeo-Christian ethos and culture.
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