Tariq Mir Kashmir: Crackdowns and Plunder By revoking Kashmir’s semiautonomous status, India has launched a settler-colonial project. July 21, 2024
James Romm Frozen For centuries explorers risked their lives seeking passage through the Arctic. A recent exhibition and book juxtapose the region’s mythologized past with its uncertain future. July 20, 2024
Ada Wordsworth Uzbek Uncertainties Uzbekistan is divided between nostalgia for the Soviet past and patriotic hope for an independent future. July 18, 2024
Dilara O’Neil Dancing Laser Beams George Balanchine’s Rubies represents New York City Ballet’s centrality to American dance, and American dance’s centrality to the art form. July 17, 2024
Robert Chandler The Sculptor of Flight With deep respect for his subjects—from birds to borders—Constantin Brâncuși got to the essence of their movement. July 16, 2024
Rachel Eisendrath A Portrait on the Wall It had not really occurred to me until many years after her death that my grandmother could be considered representative of a whole culture. July 14, 2024
Iris de Moüy La Parisienne “The best way to learn to draw is to look at the world with an endless curiosity.” July 13, 2024
Anna Leszkiewicz ‘The Small Girl’s Proust’ Dodie Smith’s I Capture the Castle tends to be read as a romance novel. But beneath its surface charm is a metaliterary inquiry into form, style, and merit. July 13, 2024
Sam Huber Circles ’Neath Your Eyes The men and women in Lucinda Williams’s songs struggle to turn their injuries into something they can live with. July 11, 2024