Art
For Yoshitomo Nara, Home Is Where Unease Is
The artist’s work revolves around the notion of displacement, some of it cultural, much of it the broader angst and rebellion of adolescence.
Ela Bittencourt
Ela Bittencourt is a critic and cultural journalist, currently based in São Paulo. She writes on art, film and literature, often in the context of social issues and politics.
Film
Clarion Calls to Civic Justice at the Venice International Film Festival
Directors Andres Veiel, Petra Costa, and Errol Morris to engage with the contemporary politics of Germany, the United States, and Brazil.
Art
Pia Arke’s Archives of Arctic Colonization
Arke’s art calls forth memories of Greenlandic Inuit life and reinscribes them with the reality of the body against its representation by White colonizers.
Art
Melissa Cody’s Disruptive Warp and Weft
The Diné artist demonstrates that traditional techniques and motifs are not static, but are dynamic bearers of emotional weight.
Art
Vera Molnár’s Fascination With the Glitches in the Matrix
In her computer-based works, the artist sought freedom within systematism and improvisation within predictability.
Art
The Geometry in Motion of Nancy Holt
A survey at Gropius Bau frames Holt as an artist committed to the human body’s actions and dimensions, and its perceptual and cognitive boundaries.
Film
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival Immersed Audiences in Art
A selection of films on artists and immersive VR experiences all reinforced the ability of art to emerge from and resonate with the viewer on deeply felt levels.
Film
A Cacophony of Battle Cries at Cannes Film Festival
Documentaries at this year’s edition hone in on conflicts from Russia’s war in Ukraine to Indigenous land struggles in the Amazon.
Art
Latin American Galleries Inject Vibrancy into Frieze New York
The strongest galleries convey a sense of locality, often of Indigenous communities, with a particular sensitivity to environmental issues.
Art
When Will Women Artists Be Equal?
After decades of work, expectations for women artists to prioritize family — or male peers — remains the prevailing norm rather than the exception.
Books
The Scholar Who Rewrote Black Brazilian History
Beatriz Nascimento’s groundbreaking research defied dominant White Brazilian academic narratives, instead emphasizing Black political agency.
Film
Aboard a Floating French Clinic, Art Enables Healing
On the Adamant documents how art allows patients to translate confounding experiences into imagery — what one might call the poetry of the everyday.