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Sophie Rivera’s Mythology of Everyday New York
Her photos are unresolvable, driving the viewer through wonder, horror, and laughter without necessarily leading one to acceptance.
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Did Zurbarán Believe What He Painted?
An exhibition about the Spanish painter in London made me ponder whether belief actually makes a difference in how well you paint.
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Mary Frank Creates Her Own Pantheon
Across sculptures and works on paper, her subjects are self-sustaining survivors who have not lost their capacity for tenderness.
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A Whole Lot of Nothing at the US Pavilion
After the last two Biennales searched the soul and history of this nation, how did we end up with this art from the land of the bland?
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Keith Haring Before the End of the World
The artist's free-handed style, on view in works at the Brant Foundation, feels prescient in light of the upcoming AI cataclysm.
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The Carnegie International Looks Back at Itself
The 59th iteration captures some of the excitement of earlier exhibitions, providing vital commentary on issues of authoritarianism and militarism.
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Is This What “Made in America” Looks Like?
Christopher Payne’s photographs at Cooper Hewitt sidestep questions of economic uncertainty and geopolitical strife to spotlight the craftsmanship of factory workers.
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I’ve Got the Post-Duchamp Blues
MoMA’s Marcel Duchamp show made me long for those simpler times when "eliminating the artist's hand" provided a pathway back to the true self.
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Diedrick Brackens’s Tapestries Beckon the Light of Freedom
In this Bay Area artist’s hands, weaving becomes a site of experimentation and refusal.
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Édouard Glissant’s Museum-as-Archipelago
An exhibition of his collection finds provisional alliances between artists, rather than reiterating established hierarchies.
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The Revolutionary Tapestry of Nigerian Modernism
The first show on the subject in the UK offers an ambitious, if uneven, look at how artists forged a postcolonial identity
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Alice Tippit’s Mischievous Erotics
The artist’s mixed messages suggest a deep skepticism about the ability of language to adequately express human experience.