Required Reading

This week, Eid in Gaza, Arizona’s draconian anti-abortion law, a TikTok critic’s honest review of the eclipse, trolling Eric Adams, postmodern Bob Ross, and more.

A View From the Easel

“I arrive at the studio in the morning and play a perreo song by Karol G, Ivy Queen, or Tokischa; I dance; that is my meditation.”

A Haitian Artist Fights Gang Life With Art

Lesly Pierre Paul’s New Vision Art School turns to the arts as a way to continue local traditions and keep the neighborhood’s children out of gangs. 

Machines Cannot Replace Human Boredom

Katherine Behar’s automated office machines simply pantomime labor, just like many bored office workers after they’ve fulfilled their daily email quota.