Art
See Film and Video Art on the Big Screen at BAM
The eighth edition of Migrating Forms, running March 24–30, includes works by General Idea, Cauleen Smith, Jonathas de Andrade, Sondra Perry, and others.
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The Greatest Biennial of All
The Whitney Houston Biennial is back, showing the work of 167 women artists.
Art
The Global History of African Textiles at the Fowler Museum
The exhibition African Print Fashion Now!, opening this Saturday, chronicles the history of African textiles, beginning with their 19th-century origins in West and Central Africa.
Art
Mao, Lenin, Thatcher, and Other Leaders Haunt Art Basel Hong Kong
Adjacent installations by Pio Abad and Shen Shaomin at the fair offer cautionary tales on the perils of communism and the evils of neoliberalism.
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A Dada Exhibition Fetishizes the Movement’s Ephemera
The exhibition is shallow, portraying the movement through familiar pieces and presentations that provided but a façade of its "simultaneity of contradictions."
Announcement
BRIC Presents 'Public Access/Open Networks,' Featuring Over 20 Historic and Contemporary Artists
Public Access/Open Networks showcases the historical relationships between community-produced media and political action, documenting the potential for social change and creative reimagining through this technology.
Interview
A Moving Image Artist Finds Freedom After Abandoning the Film Industry
After her first feature screened at Sundance, Cauleen Smith lost patience with the film industry's conservatism and devoted herself to art; her work is currently in the Whitney Biennial and Migrating Forms at BAM.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: artists and protesters demanded the removal of a Dana Schutz painting from the Whitney Biennial, an artist received death threats for her anti-Trump billboard, and a man attacked a Thomas Gainsborough painting at the National Gallery in London.
Film
A Film Mixes Fact and Fiction to Illuminate the Lives of Queer Teens in Bangkok
'#BKKY' is a coming-of-age love story following Jojo, who embodies an amalgamation of interviews the director conducted with 100 Thai teenagers.
Art
Inventive Responses to Labor and Immigration Issues at Human Resources
The group exhibition at Human Resources Making Plans, closing Sunday, engages with increasingly relevant issues surrounding labor, solidarity, and systematic change.
In Brief
Anti-Trump Protests Are Boosting Art Supply Sales
A new report by the market research company NPD Group shows how the Women's Marches directly increased sales of sign-making material.
Performance
A Giant of the Theater Recounts His Childhood in Miniature
In 887, theater artist Robert Lepage recounts his childhood in Quebec City during the escalation of the separatist movement.