Art
Monumental Art No Bigger Than a Postcard
Toying with blob-like shapes and the illusion of depth, the Austrian self-taught artist Leopold Strobl packs mystery and expressive power into small-scale drawing-collages.
Edward M. Gómez
Books
When Japan Reinvented Filmmaking
A new book looks at a heady time in the 1960s, when avant-garde Japanese artists explored genre-blending intermedia and expanded cinema.
Art
Tom of Finland Comes to Japan
Out, proud, and unabashedly homoerotic, the gay artist’s iconic imagery has become an international symbol of freedom.
Books
The Life of an Anti-Establishment “Rock Star”
In a first-ever biography of the recently deceased, Polish-born sociologist and theorist, there are lessons for creative people — and everyone else — about perseverance and personal truth.
Art
The Prison Drawings of Frank Jones
Frank Jones was “double-sighted” — born with a caul over his left eye — which gave him, or so it was believed, the power to communicate with the spirit world.
Art
When Writing Has No Meaning
Scrivere Disegnando is an exhibition of more than 300 works produced by 93 artists whose subject is imaginary language.
Art
A Triennale In Tune With Our Pandemic-Affected Moment
In the face of climate change, economic and political convulsions, and the coronavirus pandemic, it is our modes of living and of occupying our planet that we must urgently modify.
Books
Shaking Up the Ethnographic Museum
In a new book, the curator and art historian Clémentine Deliss proposes that “ethnographic” artifacts be reconsidered, remediated — and maybe even returned to their original owners.
Art
Fighting to Save a Fringe Landmark
One of central London’s few remaining alternative arts venues struggles to survive in the face of a 333% rent increase.
Art
Hauntingly Beautiful Photos for an Anxious Moment
On Instagram, Kana Hashimoto’s images of nocturnal Tokyo unwittingly capture the odd feeling of time itself as the coronavirus pandemic drags on.
Books
Malcolm McLaren’s Life of Chaos, Music, and Art
In a new, in-depth biography, Paul Gorman offers a vivid portrait of the postmodernist impresario who conjured up punk’s angry pose, the Sex Pistols, and much more.
Books
The Media’s Brave New World
Two new books focusing on journalism and news, and on how they are delivered, offer expansive visions of what “the media” have become.