In this edition of weekend links, we look at the paradox of big-money art world funding, Jane Wong’s haunting portrait of her family’s immigration, Cameron Hamon’s memoir This Is My Body, Austyn Tester’s exploration of the influencer lifestyle, and toast to Spray Paint’s return and the closing of DIY label Monofonus Press.
Read MoreIn this edition of weekend links, we look at David K. Johnson’s history of male physique magazines and their influence on gay culture, Wong Ping’s surreal psychosexual video art, the fake news of China’s College Daily, new music from Missy Elliott and more.
Read MoreIn this edition of weekend links, we look at a new exhibition exploring 1,000 years of Native American women’s art, the humorous felt tapestries of Michaela Younge, author Adam Fallon O’Price’s self-editing, a history of knitting in protest, and Carrie Goldberg’s memoir to help women fight back against revenge porn.
Read MoreTributes to Toni Morrison and David Berman, censorship at the Aichi Triennale, the accelerating trend of YA literature by Black female authors, Christian Vizl’s black-and-white ocean photography and Dan Perkins’s mesmerizing geographic paintings and more in weekend links.
Read MoreA look back at Spanish comic artist Ceesepe’s work, the first professional female Tuareg guitarist, Karen Olsson’s new Weil-siblings-inspired book, Mounira al-Solh’s inclusive portraits of Arab women and more in weekend links.
Read MoreArtist Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar imagines the potential of traditional Iranian architecture and its association with modern style; after sixty-seven years of publication, the caustic and hilarious Mad magazine falls into the magazine graveyard, and linguist Gretchen McCulloch’s new book examines the new digital language that’s reshaping our cultural sensibilities.
Read MoreUsing AI to predict auction prices, cultural appropriation at WorldPride, the backlash against the Whitney Museum, cheating scandals, the benefits of walking for creativity, the cost of reading, and more in weekend links.
Read MoreMouths for eyes and teeth on feet—surrealism thrives in the present day. Read about the artists putting a contemporary spin on surrealism, and then read about the new book The Need, in which an intruder is a mother’s doppelgänger. Finally, turn to The Millions for an interview with author Isabel Allende, author of A Long Petal of the Sea.
Read MoreIn this week’s weekend links, Hong Kong artists battle the extradition bill, journalist Lijia Zhang delves into the history of sex workers in China, and a New Yorker article deconstructs the MFA via two new novels: Loudermilk and Bunnies.
Read MoreThis week in weekend links, we get to the bottom of Lil Nas X’s magnetic personality, queer artists discuss Tumblr’s brash ban of all nude art, and women’s health can be a literary trope: the sick girl narrative.
Read MoreThis week in weekend links, a romance author claims she has dodged her husband’s murder attempts, menopause gets visibility in media via whales, and Soraya Roberts discusses the exploitation of Native American women in Western art history.
Read MoreJoin fields magazine and BookWoman at Austin Interfaces! We will read, meet, and be merry on Thursday, June 20, where we’ll hear from local writers Bei Jei Sei, Marilyse V. Figueroa, and Zai Sadler.
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