The prestigious, high-visibility positions in the art world are occupied by art selected more for its doctrinal conformity to dominant ideologies than for its artistic merit. Contemporary art promoted by museums, universities, and legacy media art critics typically conforms to the dogmas and doctrines of […]

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In a recent New York Times editorial, Ross Douthat called into question the naive, materialist readings of the new statue of a female pagan deity that was installed outside the New York courthouse. To those who think experimenting with “magic” and “spirituality” is a mere […]

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In a world where the left has achieved near-total dominance of the cultural space, finding an openly conservative artist can feel like tracking down an endangered species. Unfortunately, like poachers in the jungle, the left is on the hunt.  While leftist artists can openly spew their […]

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Hollywood is in desperate need of new ideas. Take Sunday’s Grammy Awards, for example. If there were ever a spectacle that could simultaneously be described as demonic and trite, it would be Sam Smith’s performance of “Unholy,” which rang the final death knell for the […]

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Jill Biden made an unexpected appearance at the Grammys this weekend, where she wore a frumpy, 1980s-esque gold floral gown. Not only was the design outdated and aging, but we’ve seen it before. The first lady wore the exact same Oscar de la Renta dress in […]

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The city of New York recently unveiled a grotesque statue of a horned, spaghetti-armed female figure slathered in gaudy gold atop one of its appellate courthouses. The apparent effort to one-up Boston’s new “Embrace” sculpture — which purports to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. […]

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Pilate asked Christ, “What is truth?” Today, the question would be, “What is art?” Whatever the answer, it is not Hank Willis Thomas’ new monument to Dr. Martin Luther and Mrs. Coretta Scott King.  Entitled “The Embrace,” the statue consists of two pairs of arms […]

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The first episode of the long-awaited adaptation of “The Last of Us,” a prestige TV zombie story based on a popular video game of the same name, premiered this past weekend on HBO. The critical buzz had been fierce the preceding week and was largely […]

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The Washington Post’s Senior Critic-at-Large Robin Givhan is on a theological tear of late. She’s taken aim at Colorado marketing and graphic design entrepreneur (and Christian) Lorie Smith, whose free speech case was recently argued to the Supreme Court, and whom Givhan accuses of not […]

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