Art
The Political Resonance of Contemporary Sculpture
Sculpture at Luhring Augustine posits contemporary sculpture as a corrective to politically regressive monuments in the United States.
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Art
When Photorealism Meets Delacroix
Robert Bechtle’s photorealist pictures of suburban California resist exoticism as much as Delacroix’s paintings of Algerian harems.
Art
Richard Aldrich's Elliptical Paths Through Language
Aldrich brings a rich sense of materiality to a practice founded on the gap between images and language.
Art
Despite Political Crisis in Brazil, a São Paulo Art Fair Preserves the Status Quo
As riveting as many of the works on show were, I wasn't the only one to notice that the fair presented itself as a bubble, completely disconnected from the reality of current Brazil.
Art
Remembering Studio Ghibli Co-Founder Isao Takahata, Who Imbued Animation with Emotion
Takahata's genius lay in his effortless ability to portray the mundane — something not often associated with the motion-focused energy of animation.
Art
Paintings that Question the Promises of Postcolonial Democracy
Meleko Mokgosi questions democratic ideals in his paintings of contemporary life in Botswana.
News
Race Is On to Save a Brooklyn Banksy Before Its Fate Is Sealed
The street artist painted one of his newest works on a building that was already slated for demolition.
Opinion
Stop Treating the Berkshire Museum as a Sacred Space for Masterpieces
Locals like me don't visit the Berkshire Museum to look at famous paintings. Why did 40 artworks become the center of a national controversy?
Film
Visions of Joan of Arc as a Dancing, Singing, Head-Banging Kid
French director Bruno Dumont's latest, a ponderous experimental musical about Joan of Arc's childhood, celebrates the innocence and banality of a young saint’s life.
Announcement
Dangerous Women, On View at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU
While some of Bible's women were portrayed as paragons of family goodness, others were portrayed as harlots and hussies, purveyors of sin, deadly temptresses, and seductresses.
Art
Google Maps Makes a Modest Attempt at Wheelchair Accessibility
For wheelchair users like myself, technology elicits both joy and skepticism: Can an app really change the way I experience architecture that wasn't designed for me?
Art
The Empathy and Solidarity of Laura Aguilar's Unbroken Gaze
The photographer portrays her subjects with a tenderness that makes them seem like friends, and with the attention of someone who really sees them.