Making the Met, the anniversary exhibition chronicling the museum’s first 150 years, botched several opportunities to truly reckon with its role in defining who is and isn’t included in dominant narratives of art history.
Author Archives: Daniel Larkin
A man once knocked Daniel Larkin off his bar stool and flung mean words. He got up, smiled, and laughed as the bouncer showed him out. He doesn't give anyone the power to rain on his parade. It's more important for Daniel to be happy than famous.
Getting Buzzed on the Color Black
Few artists unlock the optical potential of black better than Joan Witek, whose compositions hum with subtle illusions.
Can Finding Joy Be Defiant in 2020?
In his drawings embellished with blossoms, artist Ronald Vill invites us to perceive 2020 as an exercise in defiant jubilance.
Women Saints Who Defied the Patriarchy
As tyranny surges in 2020, imagery of these holy ladies — on view in Gothic Spirit: Medieval Art — might offer more than first expected.
Eating Flowers in Search of Mysticism and Meaning
In Karen Azoulay’s mesmerizing video art, the artist and her collaborators don gem-encrusted masks and sample bits of nature.
The Underground Gay Art of Early 20th-Century New York
The Young and the Evil at David Zwirner casts a light on lesser-known gay artists who rejected the prevailing trend toward abstraction.
Interactive Art Illuminates Our Relationship to the Sun
Daniel Rozin challenges us to explore how we interact with and perceive the sun in a fascinating new show.
A Play Casts Hercules as a Toxic Male (but Still a Hero)
A reinterpretation of a Euripides play tells a seldom staged and lesser-known side of the famous hero.
Being Gay Under Trump
Ron Amato’s exhibition Gay in Trumpland explores the dark fear many gay men are internalizing as President Trump and his inner circle remove rights and protections for LGBTQ individuals.
Some Dark and Satirical Takes on Misogyny
In Strange Girls, the mixed-media artist pokes fun at twisted gender dynamics through visual puns.
Gowanus Artists Paint a Mangled and Messy Image of America
Artists are struggling with what it means to be a New Yorker in 2018.