Art
A Revived 1920s Ballet Will Be a Surreal Confection of Candy and Kitsch
When American Ballet Theatre decided to revive Richard Strauss’s surrealist, saccharine 'Whipped Cream,' Mark Ryden was the ideal candidate to create the set and costumes.
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The Intentions of a Mixtape
What did that song and transition really mean?
Art
Yinka Shonibare MBE Navigates Prejudice and Dual Identity
Yinka Shonibare MBE has focused on two primary concerns throughout his career: his perspective on “otherness” and his awareness of the subtle intricacies of prejudice.
Art
Required Reading
This week, don't ask Quora for art advice, Banksy's gentrification project, an architect claims plagiarism, fall of Standing Rock, Africa's fascist history, and more.
Art
Weekend Words: Listen
"A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat."
Art
R. B. Kitaj Hugs a Ghost
One thing that has bugged critics of Kitaj is that his work can be simultaneously accessible and full of allusions.
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Ron Gorchov’s Guardians
In responding to Judd and Greenberg, it is apparent that Gorchov wanted to find his own way past what he saw as the limits of their theorizing and make something that was recognizably his.
Art
Current Wars and Conflicts
There is a lot of suffering due to conflicts in our world. But how much?
Performance
A Play Models the Human Cost of Our Economic Ecosystem
Labyrinth Theater Company’s Dolphins and Sharks centers on the necessity of wage labor and the human relations our system engenders.
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Jennifer Coates
Coates’s recent work depicts food: spaghetti and meatballs, sprinkle cookies, and s’mores. Her work is about matter and viscosity, but it is also rooted in grid-like structures, repetitive mark-making, and very sophisticated paint handling.
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Like Long-Held Echoes: On Two Projects Made Possible by the Waste Stream
Philli, Ana Peñalba’s current exhibition in The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design, presents photographs that re-create a number of iconic buildings in Philadelphia, including the PMA and Robert Venturi’s Guild House, with detritus found at Revolution Recovery, a recycling yard in the city’s
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Jamaica Report: A Biennial, Bragging Rights — and the World’s Largest Drum?
“Jamaica, no problem!” a local adage advises, serving as a reminder that, here, life unfolds, and big events like biennial art exhibitions materialize according to their own rhythms and in their own good time.