Issue
No. 100
June 12, 2021
Free Spirit
In 2019—75 years after her death—Hilma af Klint’s first solo exhibition in the U.S. broke attendance records at the Guggenheim Museum. Was this triumph a correction to the shameful oversight of a woman’s pioneering art or proof of af Klint’s belief that the world wasn’t ready to handle her vision? Perhaps both. READ ON
No. 3 in Hilma af Klint’s “The Ten Largest” series, a 10-foot-tall masterpiece representing youth. It’s one of several of the Swedish artist’s “secret paintings,” going on show today at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, in Sydney.
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Once upon a Time in Tribeca
On the 20th anniversary of its genesis, the Tribeca Film Festival comes full circle with a big exhale of “Hallelujah.” “Look! We have come through!,” to quote D. H. Lawrence, and so they, and we, have. READ ON
Stephanie Beatriz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Dascha Polanco in a still from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jon M. Chu’s In the Heights, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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Marni Market
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Baghdad Central
A British critic described Baghdad Central as film noir in the desert, and it’s pretty apt: a murder investigation takes place in Iraq…
Ride
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The purchase of a single-speed bike always comes with a question: Will I ever want more gears on this bike? The answer for me…
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Maude Smith Tea Towels
Maude Smith is a bit of a design-arts polymath—she makes clothing, paints furniture and murals, and styles…
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Conair Handheld Fabric Steamer
There’s a lot to be said for the new Santa Monica Proper Hotel—the best hotel gym in the city…
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Weekend Max Mara
Weekend Max Mara has become our go-to purveyor of basics. We don’t trust just anyone where shorts are concerned, and this…
The Tote
Marni Market
When Marni Market launched, in 2014, it was merely a way for the original brand—simply Marni—to celebrate its…
The Not-So-Secret Garden Buckingham Palace’s royal garden, home to the Queen’s famed garden parties as well as thousands of species of flower and tree, is ready for its close-up
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