Dan Schindel
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Mapplethorpe nudes, the NEA and the birth of America’s culture wars
We speak to the writer Isaac Butler about his book revisiting the battles over censorship and public funding in the US during the 1980s and 1990s
Filmreview
In The Christophers, an aging artist’s unfinished masterpieces are subjects of speculation and scheming
The new Steven Soderbergh film, which stars Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, takes up questions about how art is valued and how artists become brands
Book Clubfeature
‘Cultural innovation comes from the margins’—tales of artists pushing boundaries in 1960s New York
The critic J. Hoberman’s take on Manhattan counterculture charts the rise of artists such as Andy Warhol and Yoko Ono