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The Sophisticated Kitsch of Blackpink
Also: “The Gospel at Colonus” at Little Island, Golden Age celebrity photos at MOMA, Soledad Barrio’s flamenco at the Joyce, and more.
Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and Three Conspiracy-Theory Theories
Trump rode the paranoid style of MAGA politics to power. Has he discovered that he can’t control it?
“Eddington” Is a Lethally Self-Satisfied COVID Satire
In Ari Aster’s dark comedy, Joaquin Phoenix plays the sheriff of a New Mexico town riven by political clashes and pandemic anxieties.
How Dartmouth Became the Ivy League’s Switzerland
The school has attracted attention for its refusal to join the higher-ed resistance and, perhaps not coincidentally, for its avoidance of any direct sanctions by the Trump Administration.
The Trophy Abs and Soul Ties of “Love Island USA”
The Peacock reality show, filmed in Fiji, offers a parallel America in which nearly naked contestants attempt to pair up and the audience votes on the winning couple.
The Shame of “Alligator Alcatraz”
From the daily newsletter: the immigration reporter Jonathan Blitzer on the Florida detention facility.
Trump Has a Bad Case of Biden on the Brain
Distracted by the President’s constant bashing of his predecessor? Of course not.
Beauford Delaney’s Light and Faith
How the artist both hid and found himself in his work, which is featured in a new exhibition.