Art Review
When Modernity Grabbed Poetry By Its Heels
Feeling, intuiting the swing, sway, and pressures of life, with all its tumult, its blare, its bounce, and its heave, were what really counted in modern poetry.
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The Courtauld’s Impressionism Show Is a Victim of Corporate Curating
It seems that the philanthropic funds that enable shows like this are at the expense of art historical depth and integrity, perhaps even curators’ jobs.
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Los Angeles as Site for Diasporic Ghosts
In paintings, ceramics, and installations, Rachel Hakimian Emenaker depicts scenes of gentrification, religion, and homeland.
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Weaving That Opens to the World and Heavens
Claudia Alarcón and the Wichí women weavers who compose the collective Silät create artworks that seem to channel land and celestial bodies.
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When Graffiti Met Conceptual Art
“Gordon Matta-Clark: NYC Graffiti 1972/3” has the feel of a time capsule that never veers too far into didacticism, while the art almost makes you feel like you’re there.
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Nanette Carter’s Abstract Balancing Act
In this retrospective, the Montclair-raised artist gives the viewer a look at an artistic language that continues to evolve and shed layers to reveal its essence.
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Pratt’s MFA Exhibition Mirrors These Disjointive Times
The exhibition ruptures space to unlock novel metaphors for the abject moral environment of 2025.
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Nancy Elizabeth Prophet Never Backed Down to the Art World
The trailblazing Afro-Indigenous sculptor’s life and everlasting impact are the subject of a long-overdue retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum.
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How Can Queer Artists Escape the Trap of Tokenization?
Amid pervasive uncertainty, queerness emerges as a deliberate unraveling of solidity across the diverse works of eight artists.
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An Artist’s Alluring Paintings About Consumption and Waste
Interested in how consumer society processes food and images, Lori Larusso depicts an increasingly askew consumer-driven world.
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Cara Romero Captures the Continuity of Indigenous Culture
Collaborators rather than mere models for the artist, Romero’s subjects actively shape their own representation and convey the power of artistic reclamation.
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Barbara Mensch Tells the Epic Story of the Brooklyn Bridge
The photographer’s vision of New York appears romantic, but she knows that the people who built it are under constant threat of being swept aside by change.