Affordable Art Fair Hands Over Its Booth to a Solo Exhibition of Miniature Hot Dogs
A tiny hot dog art show and other treasures at New York's Affordable Art Fair, where prints are cheap and conversation is free.
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Sankofa Legacy: How African-American Blacksmiths Passed Down Their Craft Through Generations
A look at how African-American blacksmiths used the Sankofa symbol in wrought iron to preserve West African heritage through generations.
British Museum Bans Photography of Bayeux Tapestry Less Than a Week After Opening
The British Museum suddenly banned photography of the Bayeux Tapestry, reversing its own earlier allowance of non-flash photos.
A former UM student now returns as artist, showing his work at the Stamps Gallery
A mid-career survey of Cosmo Whyte's interdisciplinary art returns to Ann Arbor, tracing memory, migration, and the archive.
How Black Writers Have Long Made the American Road Trip Their Own Territory
A writer's list of eight road-trip novels and memoirs by authors of color, reclaiming the Great American road from white protagonists.
Casey Kaplan’s Gradens in Orbit Describes Johanna Unzueta’s Drawings Through a Chain of Comparisons
Casey Kaplan's descriptions of Johanna Unzueta's Gradens in Orbit use vivid comparisons to evoke the experience of seeing her work.
Poetry That Works Through Breakups — and the Rare Few That Offer Redemption Instead
Nine poetry collections about breakups and awakenings, from Carson's Tangoes to Gluck's Meadowlands and Sexton's rowing toward God.
O’Neill Praises Weisberg’s ‘Profiles in Cowardice,’ Hsu Hails Dillon’s ‘Ambivalence’
Lit Hub rounds up five reviews this week, including dauntless praise for Jared Weisberg and a bewitching memoir by Brian Dillon.
Nonfiction in Crisis? Maris Kreizman Picks 14 Books That Prove Otherwise
A list of 14 nonfiction books by authors who refuse ghostwriters and seven-figure advances, a cheerful corrective to the supposed crisis of truth.
New York City Is Losing Its Bookstores — But the People Who Run Them Are Refusing to Go Quietly
A digest of literary links, a map of internet bookshelves, from poetry to road trips to the sea.
St. Louis Public Art Exhibition Spreads Across City and Beyond the Mississippi
A triennial of public art fills St. Louis parks and vacant lots with works by Glenn Ligon, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Nick Cave, and more.
Five Story-Driven Shows Are Worth the Trip to Tribeca This Fall
A survey of five current exhibitions in Tribeca, from Dunham's purple figures to Vietnamese funeral weaving.