Alphabet Politics
What prompted the development of systems of writing?
The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts by Silvia Ferrara, translated from the Italian by Todd Portnowitz
Inventing the Alphabet: The Origins of Letters from Antiquity to the Present by Johanna Drucker
The Instrumentalist
At the heart of Todd Field’s new film is a conductor who cannot see beyond her generation’s field of vision.
Tár a film written and directed by Todd Field
Dress Rehearsal
Trump’s attempt almost two years ago to undermine the 2020 election reads today like a blueprint drawn for a future autocrat.
Feinting Spells
The thesis of an exhibition on the inspiration a subset of Cubism took from trompe l’oeil is convincingly built with objects made across four centuries.
Cubism and the Trompe l’Oeil Tradition – an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, October 20, 2022–January 22, 2023
Ukraine’s Volunteers
Even more impressive than Ukraine’s will to fight is the vast network of citizens who are supporting the armed forces and helping those in need of food and supplies.
Boomers Daily 