Sabina Knight / 15 Aug 2026
Coming to Terms with America
Framing American Democracy: Contemporary Artists Reflect, Wadsworth Atheneum
Beset by fears for US democracy, how do disenchanted Americans celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday?(...)
Culture
Charlie Bertsch / 13 Aug 2026
A Complicated Man
The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osbourne, by Keith Kahn-Harris
In The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osbourne, Keith Kahn-Harris traces the singer’s improbable transformation from a divisive figure into someone who brought the world together.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 05 Aug 2026
Greek Orthodox Psychedelia
Paradise Metal, by Father Dionysios Tabakis
Paradise Metal resists the ironic consumption that befalls most novelty records.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 29 Jul 2026
The Limitations of Punk
Rude Boy, Directed by Jack Hazan and David Mingay
Charlie Bertsch / 23 Jul 2026
No Fairy Tale Villain
Demystifying Jeffrey Epstein
Although the Epstein Files could inspire a war on human trafficking, fixation on their exceptional contents threatens to do the opposite.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 09 Jul 2026
Beyond Futurism
The Primitivist, by Abadir
With his latest EP, The Primitivist, Rami Abadir forcefully consolidates his standing as a pathbreaking artist.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 01 Jul 2026
The Human Factor
Carlo Ginzburg, 1939-2026
Carlo Ginzburg transformed our understanding of both the past and the future.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 17 Jun 2026
Drones From the Urals
Ivan Sonnov and the Music-Industrial Complex
How should artists respond to a world in which individual expression is drowned out by the sheer quantity of content bombarding people each day?(...)
