Pillow-smotherers

from Tablet Magazine A Cancellation Trilogy Jews take the lead in a new literary art form: The cancel-culture novel BY SHELUYANG PENG TABLET MAGAZINE Nothing stifles great art like censorship, whether through overt acts by government censors or through acts of...

Magritte $121mm

from AFP Magritte painting nets auction record of $121 million New York (AFP) – A painting by Rene Magritte shattered an auction record for the surrealist artist on Tuesday, selling for more than $121 million at Christie’s in New York. A painting by Rene...

Stained-Glass Smash

from artnet Tiffany Window Shatters Records as Most Expensive Ever Sold The sale of the stained-glass piece has cemented the 20th-century designer’s place in the ‘pantheon of iconic artists.’ by Richard Whiddington An impressionistic stained-glass...

Crop Art

from artnet A Montana Wheat Field—Planted as Conceptual Art—Becomes Community Sustenance Unlike any other wheat field in the state, a new work by Agnes Denes transforms the crop into an ephemeral installation artwork that invites community engagement. by Annikka Olsen...

Dorothy

from The New Yorker Dorothy Parker and the Art of the Literary Takedown Her reviews are not contemptuous, a common pitfall for her imitators. They are simply unbridled in their dislike. By Sloane Crosley Illustration by Cecilia Carlstedt When I think of Dorothy...