December 20, 2019 – Five Shouts Out

Stephen Ross, Businessman Lambasted for Trump Ties, Stepped Down From The Shed’s Board of Directors

EditorDecember 20, 2019

The Shed in Hudson Yards, New York (photo by Zachary Small for Hyperallergic)Stephen M. Ross, the real-estate tycoon behind the $25 billion Hudson Yards development project on Manhattan’s West Side,...

Art

Tragic Recreations of Artistic Masterpieces, Considered Through the Lens of Climate Change

EditorDecember 20, 2019

Diego Velázquez, “Felipe IV a Caballo” (1635-1636) altered for WFF and Museo del Prado’s climate change awareness campaign. (courtesy Museo del Prado and the World Wildlife Fund)Museo del Prado in...

Art

Two Transnational Artists Connect Through Shared Experiences of Displacement

EditorDecember 20, 2019

Betelhem Makonnen, “untitled (on closer inspection, nothing lines up)” (2019), printed vinyl mounted to wall, original photograph scaled to dimensions of the site, overlaps and errors; dimensions variable (all images...

Art

A Tribute to Agnès Varda’s Melding of the Personal and Political

EditorDecember 20, 2019

From Varda By Agnès (2019) dir. Agnès Varda (all images courtesy Film at Lincoln Center)In the final years of her life, filmmaker Agnès Varda had a reputation as la petite...

Art

Week in Review: Hong Kongers Circulate Radical Christmas Cards; Mexico City Museum Workers Protest Wage Delays

EditorDecember 20, 2019

The many faces of the Santa Claus x LiPig crossover. (Courtesy of Freehkxmascard.)Week in Review is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world. Subscribe to receive these posts...

Food

Why you always seem to have room for dessert

EditorDecember 20, 2019December 20, 2019

There’s a scientific reason behind your “second stomach.” It’s happened to you before: You finish a big meal and feel full. Stuffed. You’re never eating again. But then out comes...