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Christina Long Is Opening Up the Mosh Pit for Black Women
The creator of the 'BLKGRLSWURLD' zine talks about being a woman of color in a music scene typically associated with white men.
Two Pregnant Photographers Only Spoke Through Camera-Phone Images for Six Months
Manjari Sharma and Irina Rozovsky discuss their visual dialogue featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
5 Surprising Musical Inspirations for Werner Herzog’s Cinema
One of them is 'The Lion King.' Another is a choir of shepherds from Sardinia.
The Met Museum May Start Charging Tourists
The museum's new proposal is awaiting approval from the New York City Mayor's office.
Ai Weiwei and Shepard Fairey Made Skate Decks to Honor Trump’s 100 Days
Also in the news: the 2017 NFL draft and censorship on Instagram.
David Bowie Is Getting His Own Postage Stamps
Also in the news this week: the Whitney Biennial, and a $60 million pink star diamond ring.
Neuroscientists Finally Cracked the Secret Behind Mona Lisa’s Smile | Last Week in Art
And a team of archeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old statue in a Cairo slum.
You Can Now Tour the Met and Work Out at the Same Damn Time
Artist Maira Kalman teamed up with a dance company to reinvent the museum tour.
A Racially Charged Painting Causes Controversy in Congress | Last Week in Art
George Lucas's $1 Billion museum finds it home at L.A's Exposition Park.
A Computer Turns Home Footage into Animated Oil Paintings
A creative technologist at The MET is finding intimate new uses for neural networks.
Curator Kimberly Drew on Black Art, Social Media, and Taking Selfies in Museums
Kimberly Drew (a.k.a. @MuseumMammy) doesn't just run the Metropolitan Museum of Art's social media—she's also the woman behind the cult Tumblr, Black Contemporary Art, and a champion of artists.