#Cultural Critique

Articles (7)

• 🇺🇸 MoMA Survey Shows How Marcel Duchamp Changed the Art Game — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Marcel Duchamp flipped the notion of art’s value on its head. We need foundation-shaking badly today, our critic says, and a sweeping survey at MoMA is an arresting reminder.

  Related: #Art History, #Modernism
• 🇬🇧 Pete Hegseth is promoting a nihilist cult of death | Jan-Werner Mueller — 23/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The Trump administration is embracing violence for the sake of violence</p><p>It appears that members of Trump’s cabinet get chosen not despite their endorsements of violence, but because of them. ...

  Related: #Political Ideology
• 🇺🇸 ‘Amazomania’ Review: A Provocative Look at the Colonial Gaze in the Amazon — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  “Amazomania” is exactly the kind of documentary one hopes to see in the main competition of a film festival like CPH:DOX: ambitious, sprawling, with a lot on its mind. It demands patience from the aud...

  Related: #Colonialism
• 🇬🇧 Don’t denounce Timothée Chalamet for what he said about opera and ballet – prove him wrong | Rebecca Humphries — 14/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>For these art forms to thrive, they need to attract young people. The Oscar contender’s comments are just the conversation starter they need</p><ul><li><p>Rebecca Humphries is an actor and author</...

  Related: #Arts Accessibility
• 🇺🇸 ‘Cambodian Beer Dreams,’ Debuting at CPH:DOX, Explores the Parties, the Hangovers, and the So(m)ber Truths — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Laurits Nansen talks "beer girls," the "wild" cocktail of alcohol and capitalism, how beer ads trump street signs in Phnom Penh, and how his doc, debuting at Copenhagen, gets inside the heads of alcoh...

  Related: #Documentary
• 🇬🇧 I had a front row seat at the Blur v Oasis frenzy – here’s what a new play gets bang on and bafflingly wrong — 06/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>In 1995, the bands tussled for No 1 – and the Britpop crown. Our writer was on the inside of the mad-for-it contest. Does The Battle accurately capture this divisive moment? And what was Noel’s pro...

  Related: #Music History
• 🇺🇸 Erin Lee Carr to Direct Hulu Documentary Unpacking Ridiculous 2004 Reality Show ‘The Swan’ (Exclusive) — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  The 'Perfect Wife,' 'Trophy Wife' executive producer and 'Murdaugh: Death in the Family' co-creator now tackles "the most controversial reality series of all time."

  Related: #Documentary, #Reality TV