Lisa Wong Macabasco

1 week ago | vogue.com | Lisa Wong Macabasco

If you know one thing about Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year festival celebrated each year from April 13 to 15, it’s likely the water fights. (They even made an appearance in season three of The White Lotus.) Marking the start of the solar calendar, it’s known for its anything-goes water festivities: Participants armed with water guns, buckets, and hoses splash each other in a symbolic cleansing of sins and washing away of misfortunes that allow a fresh start in the new year.

3 weeks ago | vogue.com | Lisa Wong Macabasco

There’s an ick about chinoiserie. A palpable unease gurgles beneath the veneer of politesse and delicate refinement on display in “Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie,” The Met’s new show featuring the decorative style popularized in the 17th and 18th centuries. And that’s very much by design.

3 weeks ago | vogue.com | Lisa Wong Macabasco

In The Ballad of Wallis Island, directed by James Griffiths, a wealthy superfan arranges a reunion of his favorite late-aughts indie-folk duo for a private concert on the remote island where he lives. But getting the band, a long-estranged former couple, back together begins to dredge up old tensions, leaving them to grapple with whether the past can—or indeed should—stay in the past.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Lisa Wong Macabasco

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1 month ago | vogue.com | Lisa Wong Macabasco

“Simple things that are a little strange” is how Chicago painter Gertrude Abercrombie described her enigmatic works that locate the peculiar in everyday life. Nearly 50 years after her death, this under-considered fixture of American Surrealism has recently seen a surge of interest following an acclaimed 2018 show at New York’s Karma gallery. Now a new touring exhibition invites viewers to meet the artist fully for the first time.