Kim Gordon Rocks

from The New Yorker Kim Gordon Is Home Again The artist on Instagram, ambition, and Los Angeles. By Amanda Petrusich “The planet is on its way out if we don’t get our act together,” Kim Gordon, the musician and avant-garde polymath, said. “And then you look around and...

Mothers & Children

from artnet Ahead of Mother’s Day, See Some of the Most Tender Depictions of Mothers and Children Throughout Art History From Gustav Klimt to Alice Neel, artists have long focused on the subject of mothers. by Caroline Goldstein & Katie White Alice Neel, Mother...

When News Became Sports

from Vanity Fair “SHOTS FIRED. HILTON HOTEL”: HOW CNN’S RAW, UNFOLDING REAGAN COVERAGE HERALDED THE NONSTOP NEWS CYCLE Ted Turner’s upstart cable network beat the Big Three in reporting on the 1981 assassination attempt, though it—along with its broadcast rivals—made...

Pas plus, Nicoderm! Merde!

from The New York Post France limits sales of nicotine products after fewer smokers catch coronavirus By Laura Italiano picture alliance via Getty Images Fearing a run on nicotine gum and patches, France has banned the online sale of the products — a move spurred by...

Return of The Stoics

from The Guardian Stoicism in a time of pandemic: how Marcus Aurelius can help by Donald Robertson A bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Photograph: DEA/G DAagli Orti/De Agostini via Getty Images The Meditations, by a Roman emperor who died in a plague named after him,...

COVID In The Nude

from DNYUZ The Nude Selfie Is Now High Art It has become an act of resilience in isolation, a way to seduce without touch. Frida Kahlo’s “The Broken Column,” a self portrait. / Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights...