Film
The Eccentric Genius of Agnès Varda
With her devotion to cats and heart-shaped everything, Varda personified adorably unconventional thinking — without apology or apparent self-consciousness.
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Art
The Makings of Madonnas
The peculiarities of pregnancy in art, from corsets to belly pads and hidden bumps.
Art
Jake Berthot’s Nowhere Land
All that I saw were some small and medium-sized paintings, mostly very dark, almost indistinguishable. How could I review this show?
Art
Issei Nishimura’s Soulful, Expressionistic Art
Intense and deeply personal, the Japanese self-taught artist’s work, now in its first-ever New York solo survey, defies easy labels.
Art
The Defiance of the Great Korean Painter, Yun Hyong-keun
After surviving the Japanese occupation, the Korean War, and martial law, not to mention arrest, torture, and a narrow escape from a firing squad, Yun Hyong-keun developed a way of painting in which assertion and self-cancellation have become inextricable.
Art
Taking in Local Projects at Zona Maco, Latin America’s Largest Art Fair
Even with art on view from dozens of countries, I found myself most drawn to work from local Mexican artists and spaces.
In Brief
Former Students of the Shuttered Art Institutes Given Chance at Loan Forgiveness
A lawsuit filed in October of 2019 will allow some of the 26,000 affected students opportunities to have their loans canceled through the Education of Department’s closed-school discharge program.
Announcement
Western Union: Small Boats by Isaac Julien Is on View at the Neuberger Museum of Art
The video installation addresses the enduring political questions raised by migration: Who belongs and who does not? Who lives and who dies? On view February 12-May 31.
Film
At Sundance, Tracing the Potential of Visual Art as an Agent of Change
Rounding out our Sundance coverage, here’s a look at some of the most exciting visual arts-focused films that debuted at the festival.
News
Art Basel Will Refund Hong Kong Exhibitors 75% Of Booth Fee
| Art Basel will partially refund galleries slated to participate in its now-canceled Hong Kong fair, according to a fair spokesperson. MCH Group, Art Basel’s parent company, announced its decision to call off the fair yesterday, February 6, due to concerns related to the rapidly spreading coronavir
Announcement
The Neuberger Museum of Art Explores Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Range of Work and Influence
Pasolini openly criticized the government, the Church, the right and the left — anywhere he saw a wrong. Pier Paolo Pasolini: Subversive Prophet is on view February 12–May 31.
Film
Approaches to Feminism by Way of Shirley Jackson and a Black Beauty Pageant
At Sundance, Shirley and Miss Juneteenth explored ways women claim control of their own narratives.