‘Sneakerella’ Review: Beauty and the Hypebeast

A Queens hypebeast Manhattan falls in love with a rich girl in the latest fairy tale “Sneakerella” to trick audiences into. It seemed inevitable that Disney would eventually replace glass slippers with cool kicks; Cinderella is a very shoe-centric story, and Hollywood is so full of remakes – audiences remember, Camila Cabello played the virgin …

Review: ‘Easy Beauty’ by Chloe Cooper Jones; ‘The Perfect Other’

The title of Chloé Cooper Jones’ first book — EASY BEAUTY (288 p., Avid Reader, $28) — comes from a philosophical concept: “easy beauty” is “visible and unchallenged”, as opposed to “difficult beauty”, which requires “time, patience, and greater appreciation.” Being born with a physical condition that differentiates her body, sacral agenesis—she is short in …

A Closer Look at the Fragile Beauty of Chinese Painting

It always feels like early autumn in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chinese painting galleries. The lighting is warm but low; decor is wheat-beige and hazelnut-brown. Despite the sparks of color, the ink and brush illustrations are visually subdued; images can be difficult to read even from a short distance. And although the galleries have …

Tirzah’s One-of-a-kind Pop Embraces the Beauty of Uncertainty

Some pop artists amplify familiar, universal feelings: tender moments in love, the agonizing pain of heartbreak. But others want us to listen with different ears. They ask us to release control, to resist the urge to fully understand music – to linger in the experience of melody, emotion, and sound, even if we don’t fully …