Episode 66 | R. Crumb’s Radio Music Hour

Episode 66 | R. Crumb’s Radio Music Hour

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The Difficulty of Critiquing Black Artists | With Rachel Hunter Himes

Helen speaks to Rachel Hunter Himes, author of the essay “Black Block” in Triple Canopy, about the long history of black artists underserved by white critics, museums’ moral and political responsibility to the public, and more. Rachel Hunter Himes is an art writer, museum educato ...  Show more

Todd Haynes x Christine Vachon

Award-winning filmaker Todd Haynes and his longtime collaborator, film producer Christine Vachon, discuss their thirty-year creative partnership, from the emergence of the new queer cinema to the culture wars of the nineties. In 1987, Haynes directed the short film Superstar: The ...  Show more

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