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A revealing new documentary could redefine our understanding of the pop icon. But you will probably never get to see it.

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Kara Walker operates on the premise that when you make history truly visible, both your own and that of your people or nation, there exists a challenge to show all of it, the unholy mix, the consci...

Silvia Federici has been warning for decades of what happens when we undervalue domestic labor.

Quite possibly the most captivating — and elusive — performer of our time, the actress has built a career around a seemingly endless exploration of what it means to be human.

She could be harsh in her judgments but wrote with a deep understanding of human frailty.

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At 30, the choreographer is molding the form in his image.

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We discuss the musician’s new album — a breakup with America in the post-Trump era — and interview a senior adviser to Barack Obama about her unshakable belief in democracy.

What happens when the surreal imagination of the world’s greatest living animator, Hayao Miyazaki, is turned into a theme park?

Many fiction writers wind up wishing they could redraft their early works. Akhil Sharma actually did.

In tragedy, music provided solace during the AIDS epidemic, and newly discovered cassette tapes captured two decades of parties and pain.

The English writer is facing death the only way she knows how: line by line.

From SZA and Charli XCX to Gucci Mane and Jake Paul, 25 writers — John Jeremiah Sullivan, Angela Flournoy, Hanif Abdurraqib and more — tell us what’s happening to pop.

A playlist by the writers Marlon James, Jenna Wortham, George Saunders, Wesley Morris, Mary H. K. Choi and others.

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For decades, the feminist artist was pushed to the sidelines. Relevant once again, she can no longer be ignored.

One of the most influential sculptors since World War II, Benglis changed the trajectory of various artistic movements without ever quite belonging to any of them. At age 80, she’s only beginning to...

The English writer is facing death the only way she knows how: line by line.

As the publication celebrates its 125th anniversary, Parul Sehgal, a staff critic and former editor at the Book Review, delves into the archives to critically examine its legacy in full.

For the first time, the renowned writer, culture critic, and scholar of the demimonde discusses her transition—and finding herself.

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The Internet gave us a new language. Did it take one away?

After decades on the margins, the 74-year-old Chilean sculptor and poet has improbably become one of this year’s most acclaimed.

We’re celebrating hip-hop’s 50th anniversary this week. Wesley Morris traces the art form from its South Bronx origins to all-encompassing triumph.

It was in the popular Modernism of the interwar years, when so many men had died and women consequently found themselves...

A TV documentary upended a murder case and captivated the nation. But its sensational theories might also be distorting justice.

She could be harsh in her judgments but wrote with a deep understanding of human frailty.