Secrets of the ’60s Counterculture

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 22, 2019 Tosh Berman, son of artist Wallace Berman, recounts his childhood surrounded by the revolutionary artists of the Beat movement. Dig deeper ( 23 Min. Read )

In It to Win It

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A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Sep 7, 2018 A new documentary explores Yayoi Kusama’s journey from ’60s obscurity to Instagram sensation and global phenomenon. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Nico, 1988’: Trine Dyrholm on the Art of Bringing an Enigma (Back) to Life

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 2, 2018 The Danish actor found her way into the most challenging role of her career by finding the spirit of the story instead of trying to become something she wasn't. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Californian Ideology Personified

Peter Richardson / Truthdig Jul 6, 2018 The Silicon Valley mashup of countercultural, libertarian and neoliberal values is on full display in the memoir of John Perry Barlow, who knew Timothy Leary, Jerry Garcia, Steve Jobs, Dick Cheney and JFK Jr. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Art World Shares Blame for Trump’s Rise to Power

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2017 Was it because of the economy? No doubt. How about reality TV? That, too. Here's another explanation of how Trump came to enter the White House—and Damien Hirst, you're on notice. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

2015 in Review: A Very Good Year at the Movies

By John Patterson Dec 29, 2015 What do “Straight Outta Compton,” “Carol” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” have in common? They all made Truthdig film reviewer John Patterson’s 2015 list of favorites. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Rock’s Revolutionary Poet, Lou Reed, Leaves Behind a ‘Great American Novel’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 28, 2013 His music was at once simple, loud, beautiful, difficult and always pushing the culture faster than it was ready to move. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Shame and Sexuality of a Mormon Youth

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 18, 2012 During periodic interviews in which church elders asked Adam Streeter whether he touched himself, the boy endured the agony of being forbidden to be fully himself. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Soup Having Sex With Soup

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jun 10, 2012 "If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes," Picasso said, naming the distinct advantage that artists have always had over pundits and polemicists when it came to perceiving the world as it is; pundits and polemicists being much more likely to insist that the world is whatever a person wants it to be."If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes," Picasso said, naming the distinct advantage that artists have always had over pundits and polemicists. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Art Market Gets a Boost from Sotheby’s, Warhol

Staff / Truthdig Nov 13, 2009 Sotheby's enjoyed a windfall Wednesday when the auction house's New York HQ nearly doubled its estimated high of $67.9 million for its contemporary art bid-fest, in which Andy Warhol's works figured prominently among the biggest-selling successes of the evening. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Warhol Portraits Stolen From L.A. Home

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2009 A series of silk-screen paintings, made by Andy Warhol and mainly depicting ’70s-era athletes such as Dorothy Hamill and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, has allegedly been stolen from collector Richard L. Weisman's home on Los Angeles' Westside. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )