Embracing authentic, sublime expressions inspired by spirituality and altered perception, psychedelic art transcends ...

Creative labor has long been shrouded in such mystery. In the context of capitalism, art has always had to appeal to mysticism to justify its fundamentally unproductive, experiential nature.

Pop Art is known for taking an ambivalent stance towards consumerism since one can detect both affirmation and critique of ...

Patti Smith's debut single was a takedown of her old, horrible boss and the soul-crushing factory job she worked before fleeing to New York City to make it.

In this re-air of one of our favorite episodes of the year, Ben Davis speaks with literary scholar Anna Kornbluh.

David Clifton-Strawn’s “ECCE HOMO” at Alan Avery Art Company. A rethink of traditional portraiture ... 13-year project documenting the conditions of life under late capitalism. “Little Things” at Swan ...

This course seeks to explore the theory, history, and state structures of capitalism; examine its manifestations in several national contexts; and understand the ways in which systemic changes to ...

In an economic dystopia, wealth concentrates at the top while intellectual and physical work are devalued. Widespread job ...

The small New Hampshire town of Dixville Notch has returned a tied result after all six of its registered voters cast their ballots in the US election. Activists and politicians are fighting to ...

The essence of contemporary art is that “Art is Concept.” If we departed from capitalism’s obsession with the accumulation of goods and pursued new lifestyles defined by aesthetics, then we could have ...

Fleeing from communist to capitalist countries was common practice during the Cold War. In today’s sports, socialism might become the more popular choice—it is just good business. Earlier this ...