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When Artists Carry the Burden of History
No burden as heavy, on view at David Castillo Gallery, feels like a response to history’s weight: how heavily the past’s truths and fictions weigh, how often they (for better or worse) repeat themselves.
Art
Mapping the Mysterious Ancient Carvings of Naked Women Across Ireland
No one can say for certain when, how, where, or why the Sheela-na-gigs were made, or even what they are meant to represent.
Art
Required Reading
This week we focus on race, with Kara Walker talking about art not answers, a timeline of Confederate monuments, how South Koreans dealt with a symbol of Japanese oppression, symbols of white supremacy, and more.
Art
Weekend Words: Resign
"The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign."
Books
A World in Crisis: Bending, Quaking, Breaking
The Great Regression, edited by Heinrich Geiselberger, portrays the state of international politics as already hellbent.
Books
An Art Critic's Independent Gaze
Michael Glover takes nothing for granted in his art criticism; he is not dogmatic, nor does he seem to have axe to grind.
Art
Joshua Marsh’s Inimitable Drawings
Marsh might begin with close observation, but he ends up in a fever dream — a garden of otherworldly delights.
Art
The Big Leader's Morning Message
Citizens plug cords into their forearms, lie back, and await the word of the day.
Music
Arcade Fire Gives Up on Life
Didn’t U2 already make these albums in the ‘90s?
Art
Tom Pnini’s Cinematic Études
Pnini’s films harken back to early cinema, as he compresses into five minutes what Andy Warhol dragged out for five hours.
Art
A Maine Painter's Private Realm of Becoming
John Walker has led a resurgence of abstract painters who look to nature, emotion, and, especially, place.