Required Reading

This week, the real meaning of “carpe diem,” Kerry James Marshall gets the profile treatment, Andrew Cuomo’s network of protection, James Baldwin’s birthday, and more.

Trevon Latin Finds Joy in Melancholy

Latin’s colorful artworks touch on aspects of queer and Black experience, not in broad strokes, but in exceedingly specific ones.

Imagining Our Climate Future

Speculations about climate change by an array of artists feel eerily probable, if not already real.

Facing Catastrophe With Calm

Joshua Marsh has fashioned a world where a sweet, wise humor in the face of mortality and inescapable change prevails.