Dallas Man Brings Joy To His Locked-Down Neighborhood With Amazing Chalk Art
One North Dallas man is seizing the rare opportunity to meet and encourage his neighbors with music and art, all from a safe distance.
3 Bad Ideas Fueling The Fury Against J.K. Rowling’s Critique Of Transgenderism
J.K. Rowling made headlines for tweeting in support of an academic who lost her job at a think tank over tweets affirming the reality of biological sex.
Finding God Inside MoMA’s New Exhibition Of Home Movies
The exhibition installation consists of 100 screens of various sizes, divided over two floors, each of which runs different clips of home movies in MoMA’s permanent collection.
Félix Vallotton: An Art Rebel Who Became Part Of The Establishment
Swiss-French artist Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) was a member of ‘Les Nabis,’ a group of young artists from the Académie Julian in Paris.
Here’s Your Guide To Beautiful Gifts From Craftsmen, Artists, And Other American Entrepreneurs
As I think about what to give the people I love, both for Christmas and at other times such as birthdays, I find myself wanting to be more intentional, and give fewer, better things.
Edward Hopper’s Timeless Paintings Raise More Questions Than They Answer
Hopper rarely sheds any light on the subjects in his figural paintings, not even when he shows them in the brightest of sunshine.
Why There Is No Justification For Forcing Taxpayers To Pay For Art
President Trump’s proposed budget eliminates funding for the NEA, and apparently not wanting taxpayers to bankroll endeavors beyond the government’s constitutional scope demonstrates his lack of humanity.
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.
Wokesters Go After Democrat Cartoonist For Objecting To Abortion
He was making cartoons, believing in Jesus, voting Democratic, and holding quietly pro-life views. Why drag him into the Twittersphere? Can’t a guy just live his life?
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.
How To Restore A More Vibrant Meaning To The Concept Of ‘Genius’
A genius shows us ourselves and our world in a way we couldn’t have seen them before, as Harold Bloom has frequently observed.
How Two Of History’s Greatest Artists Reimagined The Earth As Map Makers
It’s fascinating to think about what these maps by Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer have meant to the history of mankind.
The Federalist Radio Hour Music Edition: Sex Pistols, R.E.M, The Replacements
David Harsanyi and Mark Hemingway debate their favorite artists and albums, and dive deep into the punk and rock music scenes of the ’70s and ’80s.
Oregon Court Holds Bakers Responsible For How People Feel About What They Say
The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a $135,000 fine against the owners of a local cake shop who declined to use their artistic skills to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding.
Christian Artists Should Have The Same Free Speech Game As Colin Kaepernick
Why is Colin Kaepernick’s situation playing out in the court of public opinion while Jack Phillips’ is playing out in the Supreme Court of the United States?
Why The Hysterical Left Wants To Keep A White Woman From Painting A Black Man
It’s abhorrent to insist that, merely because of her skin color, Dana Schutz shouldn’t paint an image that is meaningful, respectful, and striking.
What Planning My Straight Wedding Showed Me About LGBT Discrimination
After interacting with the people religious liberty laws aim to protect, I realized that we need a deeper commitment to protecting wedding artists.
Kentucky Court Rules Company Doesn’t Have To Print Words Contradicting Christian Owner’s Convictions
The attorney who argued this case says the decision ‘reassures us all that, no matter what you believe, the law can’t force you to express a message in conflict with your deepest convictions.’
To Depoliticize Art, Trump Has To Do More Than End Federal Endowments
A culture war is not a street fight. Axing the endowments scores points but still leaves the arts captive to academia and its maze of orthodoxies.
ACLU Talks A Big Game About Free Speech While Attacking It Unrelentingly
If ‘each and every individual’ has the right to artistic self-determination, why is the ACLU spearheading efforts to destroy people who exercise those rights?
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