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Music
Malena Ernman and Ecstatic Ensemble bring three millennia of music into fresh focus in a compelling vocal programme that asks whose work we remember—and why.
Visual Arts
Phaidon’s meticulous facsimile revives the playful chaos of Warhol’s 1967 experiment in publishing, though new additions intrude on the original’s aesthetic.
Film
Spanning three timelines, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s ambitious drama pairs intimate stories of repression and desire with grand cinematic spectacle.
Books
In “Vega’s Fugitive,” translator Alyssa Dinega Gillespie brings the Russian poet’s fierce sound and emotional intensity into English.
Poetry at The Arts Fuse
This week’s poem: Sheila E. Murphy’s “Golden Shovel”
Dance
The Boston dance community is reeling.
Theater
Gracie McGraw anchors an exhilarating world-premiere rock opera, despite uneven handling of its darker themes.
Television
From haunted islands to Gilead and outer space, four series keep the scary season alive.
Podcasts
Ruchira Gupta joins Elizabeth Howard to explore her friendship with Gloria Steinem, the influence of India and Gandhi on Steinem’s activism, and their shared commitment to women’s freedom.
Short Fuses
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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The Arts Fuse was established in June, 2007 as a curated, independent online arts magazine dedicated to publishing in-depth criticism, along with high quality previews, interviews, and commentaries. The publication's over 70 freelance critics (many of them with decades of experience) cover dance, film, food, literature, music, television, theater, video games, and visual arts. Support arts coverage that believes that culture matters.
Arts Commentary: Superman, Spider-Man, and the American Art of Slugging Nazis
William Nicholas Love’s punch heard round the internet belongs to a long comic-book history of fighting homegrown fascism—from Captain America to “The Clan of the Fiery Cross.”