In addition to holding a Ph.D in energy engineering and winning a Nobel Prize alongside other researchers, Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum is a political superwoman. The former mayor of Mexico City and the winner of the June 2 general election, Sheinbaum is the first woman and the first Jewish person to be elected president in…
California senator Kamala Harris has been named as Joe Biden’s running mate, making her the first ever Black woman and the first person of Asian descent to earn that position. The choice carries a special weight in this election cycle, as Biden has said he’d be “a transition candidate,” hinting that if health problems arise…
“As a person, I’m O.K., as an American, I’m pretty worried.” -Hillary Clinton Understandably, Hillary Clinton has laid low since her heartbreaking presidential defeat in November. While many of us wish she had won, her absence from the public eye does seem to have lent her a previously unheard frankness. The former Secretary of State…
Philip Guston "Laughter in the Dark" Hauser & Wirth, NYC November 1st - January 14th November 1st, one week prior to the presidential general election, Hauser & Wirth opened ‘Philip Guston: Laughter in the Dark, Drawings from 1971 & 1975', an exhibition devoted to the renowned late artist’s satirical caricatures of the 37th President of…
The New Museum’s Democracy-themed season presents a series of public programs and conversations around matters of representation, suppression, constitutional protection, political identity, and activism. A residency and exhibition with My Barbarian (Malik Gaines, Jade Gordon, and Alexandro Segade) anchors the season. Working at the intersection of theater, visual arts, and critical practice, the collective uses…
