Art
Paintings that Stress the Strangeness in Ordinary Surfaces
Corydon Cowansage's works on canvas twist our perspective on such typically drab images as blades of grass and brick surfaces.
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Books
The Underappreciated Art of the Hollywood Backdrop
A new book highlights the unheralded contributions of backdrop artists to the history of film.
Art
A Contemporary Take on Rococo Over-Intellectualizes Its Point
Tom Ellis’s detached intellectualizing of the Wallace Collection’s contents and history unfortunately leaves the soul unstirred.
Art
Vice President-Elect Mike Pence Made Strange Comic Strips While in Law School
Is there anything to be understood from Mike Pence’s law school comic strips?
Art
Lina Bo Bardi’s Glass House and the Multiple Worlds It Contains
While the Italian-born architect Lina Bo Bardi carried her European heritage with her, her passion for, and even affinity with Brazilian culture was profound.
Art
Trying to Believe in Sanford Biggers's Subjective Cosmology
In the Sanford Biggers exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, there is a feeling of being somewhat loose and unsupported in the space.
Opinion
Why Donald Trump Might Not Be All That Good for Art
The argument that "post-election pain" is good for art is cold comfort.
Performance
A Play Touches on the Power of Touch
The beating heart of My Brother’s a Keeper, performed at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, is an interlude at a bus stop when two characters let go of verbal language.
Art
Ghostly Flowers and Haunting Laughter Light Up a 19th-Century Reservoir
There is no path, map, or cautionary lighting to help you find your winding way through this exhibition.
Art
The Story of Norway’s Multiple July 22 Memorials
Jonas Dahlberg’s "Memory Wound" has been in the international spotlight, but two other memorials commemorate Anders Behring Breivik's 2011 massacre in different, subtler ways.
Comics
Some Things Will Not Change
Everything is different now, but some things will never change.
Art
Soothe Your Post-Election Anxieties with a Magnetic Sound Bath
Artist MJ Caselden is using electroacoustic sculptures to offer immersive sound baths of deep, subtly shifting, and humming tones at Manhattan's apexart gallery.