By Olive Treadwell and Tamia Turner When most people hear the phrase “Night at the Museum,” they may think of the 2006 movie by Shawn Levy where a security guard at the Natural History Museum witnesses the exhibits come to life upon the building’s closure. However, Macaulay students may have a different association with that…
By Sasha Smolansky At first glance, the MoMA struck me as an extravagant waste of space—a collection of splatters and errors by artists who, having failed to master traditional techniques or to acquire conventional acclaim, invented new movements like cubism and abstract art to mask their inadequacies. I entered with this rigid, unyielding opinion, my…
Is it Billy Porter or Emcee that scolds us for laughing in the face of fascism? By Sarah Ahmed From the moment you step into the August Wilson Theater, you become a character of “Cabaret.” You are ushered through a side alleyway as staff place a sticker on your phone camera to prevent you from…
In a time of immense social unease, the Apocalypse series is strikingly relevant — it is complex and chaotic, but that complexity and chaos is the point. by Eman Sadiq In December 2024, the art series Apocalypse (1988), brain-child of beatnik William S. Burroughs and artist Keith Haring, was donated to the City College of…
by Eman Sadiq This December, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will celebrate the third anniversary of its ambitious launch. High-res images of far-out star clusters and space cliffs, of cartwheel galaxies and sparkling nebulae, are a testament to both the JWST’s insane capabilities and NASA’s tireless efforts to illuminate the deepest secrets of our…
By Cassidy LaPointe The “thought daughter” is perfectly poised: her room is messy, but not gross messy–tortured poet messy; the bags under her eyes are just prominent enough to express her anguish, but not enough to be ugly. Lana Del Rey is her god, The Secret History her gospel, and she treats The Bell Jar…
by Eliana Hernandez EPIC: The Musical, a nine-saga musical retelling of The Odyssey, has taken TikTok by storm with its captivating lyrics and storytelling, and its ability to reach the hearts of Gen Z. The idea for the musical sprouted in 2019 when Puerto Rican composer and lyricist Jorge Rivera-Herrans combined his love of musicals,…
Your favorite artist’s favorite artist By Roma Garcia What is it about Chappell Roan? She has recently made a name for herself in the music industry with people falling in love with her seemingly overnight, myself included. But what set Chappell Roan apart from other artists and caused this femininomenon? A major factor in Roan’s…
The growth and expansion of digital news media has led to widespread debate regarding the future of print publications, particularly that of pop culture magazines. Glossy issues of Entertainment Weekly were once the primary source for lifestyle and celebrity news. Yet, after three decades on newsstands, the American entertainment magazine announced in February of this…
At Hunter College’s Leubsdorf Gallery, The Black Index celebrates Black art and history, seeking to change the way Blackness is viewed in the art world and beyond. How is Black identity understood and constructed? What is the significance of self-representation and containment? How does art upend notions of convention and truth? “The Black…
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