Latest

Opinion

This Is Not Parody. Fuck Trump.

Right-wing political activists tried to fool a Brooklyn gallery into showing their pro-Trump art; they screamed censorship when they were found out. What is this really all about?

Art

Hurricane Frank: Rhetorical Abstraction in the Age of the Incidental Viewer

If Frank Stella’s ambition and insatiable visual voracity were exhilarating at first, the paintings’ often overbearing size and physicality also left the viewer, time and again, with the unsettling feeling of being wrestled to the ground.

Art

Kenji Fujita's Vernacular of Accumulation

Binary oppositions get slammed a lot in our “rhizome”-besotted era, sometimes with interesting results.

Performance

Downtown Tyrant: Romeo Castellucci's Julius Caesar in New York

Long a darling of the European festival circuit, Romeo Castellucci and his Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio have since the 1980s presented a visually driven, philosophical theater, often with classical references and the provocative presence of animals and the animality of humans.

Art

What We Are Asked to See

We may choose to partake of the comfort that Sarah McEneaney’s scenes of domestic tranquility have to offer. Or we may choose to probe deeper.

Art

The Eternal Returns of Richard Pousette-Dart

In a socially boisterous art world inspired by Existentialism, jazz, and booze, Richard Pousette-Dart preferred introversion, secular spiritualism, and depth psychology.

Art

Yoko Ono’s Art in Remote Japan: Traveling Far to See the Sky

In a woodsy patch of a park tucked next to a stream, one of Yoko Ono’s most unusual creations can be found in what is, for any artist’s work, a most unexpected setting.

News

St Louis Museum Embroiled in Controversy as Staff Member Reputedly Attacked, Boycott Underway [UPDATED]

Two incidents this week at the Contemporary Art Museum St Louis suggests the controversy around the current Kelley Walker exhibition continues to escalate.

Art

Be a Better Robert Moses in Games that Deconstruct His Legacy

A competition challenged developers to reinterpret a biography of the "master builder" as interactive experiences.

Art

Hand-Colored Photos of Religion in Meiji-Era Japan

A small exhibition at Resobox gallery in Queens offers a glimpse of spiritual activity from the past.

Film

Dancing Rodin’s Sensual Poses

PARIS — Dance that pushes sensual and temporal boundaries and sculpture that pushes formal boundaries share a solid connection while simultaneously remaining, in many respects, in distinct opposition.

Art

The Fleeting Pleasure of Frieze Masters, Where Old Treasures Go to Change Hands

Originally conceived as an offshoot of the uber-fashionable Frieze Art Fair, Frieze Masters has become a major draw in itself.