Art
The São Paulo Biennial Captures a Perpetually Discontinuous World
Many works take disruption and repetition as their themes, and many artists resurface in different sections, creating multiple affinities.
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Opinion
How Both Paris Hilton and Martha Rosler Satirize Domesticity
In Cooking with Paris, Hilton capitalizes on her portrayal of being a competent woman, while highlighting its anachronism through her absurd performance. Rosler manipulates the camera in the same way.
Film
Why Do People Keep Finding Their Lives Onscreen Without Their Consent?
A man says Blue Bayou took details of his life without his permission. Several women who appear in the documentary Sabaya say they did not consent to be filmed. How can filmmakers avoid these ethical pitfalls?
News
As Boycott of Havana Biennial Gains Steam, Artists Withdraw
Ursula Biemann, Nicolas Bourriaud, and others said they will no longer participate in the event.
News
Hong Kong’s Only Tiananmen Massacre Memorial Faces Removal
There is an official ban against the public mourning of Tiananmen Square victims in Hong Kong and mainland China.
News
After Pandora Papers Revelations, Denver Art Museum Will Restitute Four Looted Artifacts to Cambodia
The decision follows discoveries in the leaked Pandora Papers regarding antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford.
Art
Eileen Gray’s Masterpiece in the French Riviera, No Longer Overshadowed by Le Corbusier
While staying as a house guest, a naked Le Corbusier defiled Gray’s minimalist, color-blocked walls that were only restored in 2015.
Comics
I Like Your Show, I Swear
Keep your friends close and your bad art friends closer.
Books
How Landscape Became Doctrine in American Art
In his new book, Tyler Green argues that landscape was Emerson’s method of glorifying territories shaped and bordered by White men.
Film
The Loneliest Whale Tries to Find the Internet’s Favorite Whale
“The 52-hertz Whale,” which sings a song at a frequency no other whale uses, is a social media phenomenon. But this film shows that the phenomenon says more about us than whales.
News
Paz Errázuriz’s Intimate Photos Document the Lives of Trans Sex Workers in Chile
The unvarnished photographs celebrate the lives, beauty, and resilience of an oppressed group at Chile’s social peripheries in the 1980s, and the series was recently acquired by MOCA in Los Angeles.
News
Study Shows Correlation Between Number of Confederate Monuments and Lynchings
The University of Virginia researchers wrote that the data “provides compelling evidence that these symbols are associated with hate.”