January 13, 2014
Our recently-published book Dressing Dangerously, by Jonathan Faiers, is the first book to examine film costume beyond gender studies, beyond star/designer alliance. By focusing on “dysfunctional” representations of dress (think… READ MORE
January 10, 2014
Read Nick Yee’s piece on how the media gets video games wrong on the Huffington Post. Online games such as Second Life or EverQuest might seem escapes from reality,… READ MORE
January 9, 2014
Daphne Barbour and Melanie Gifford– Those of us who spend our time closely studying works of art know that shiver of recognition: the moment we realize that we’re looking… READ MORE
January 8, 2014
In March, we will publish a groundbreaking new book about Maya animism and how their belief system informed their choices in and uses of artistic materials. Renowned Mayanist scholar Stephen… READ MORE
January 5, 2014
Laura Davulis— It happens: you put off your holiday shopping until the last minute, you start panicking, maybe you procrastinate a little more (perhaps by writing a holiday gift guide)… READ MORE
January 4, 2014
No one sings as purely as those who inhabit the deepest hell—what we take to be the song of angels is their song. —Franz Kafka in a letter to Milena… READ MORE
January 1, 2014
The current Museum of Fine Arts, Houston exhibition, Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona, focuses on the Argentinian artist Antonio Berni (1905–1981) and specifically on the assemblages to which he devoted… READ MORE
December 7, 2012
Listen to the podcast interview for Jews and Words on iTunes! Somewhere between the What is Jewish Culture? event at the 92Y launching the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and… READ MORE
December 4, 2012
Read an excerpt from Wall Street Last month Strike Debt, an offshoot group of Occupy Wall Street, began buying strangers’ debt in order to make it disappear. Another manifestation called Occupy… READ MORE
March 5, 2012
Since the December headlines about U.S.-led sanctions against Iran to President Obama’s statement today that “there is still a window that allows for a diplomatic resolution to this issue”, American-Iranian… READ MORE
A Conversation with Trudier Harris on Bigger: A Literary Life