Art Review
Tarot for a Broken World
With some of the oldest surviving tarot decks on view, the Morgan’s exhibition traces how a Renaissance card game became something far more powerful.
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The Worst National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale
And some we're still ambivalent about.
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The Book of Alison Knowles
A retrospective traces the language of bookmaking in her expansive work and its radical influence on American art.
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No One Is Accountable in Taryn Simon’s Detective Story
In her ambitious exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, injustice seems purely systemic, not the result of individuals behaving badly.
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Anish Kapoor Is a One-Trick Illusionist
What does the British artist have to offer beyond monumental scale and costly optical illusions?
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Visions of Johanna Unzueta
The Chilean artist’s drawings on hand-dyed paper and homespun fabric are like natural pills against language.
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Sandra George’s Portraits of Working-Class Dignity
The unsung Black British photographer’s work is the complete opposite of so-called poverty porn.
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The Counterpublic Triennial Pollinates a Budding St. Louis
The sweeping third iteration of this exhibition of public art is well-suited for a city both frozen in time and ripe for a wildly revitalized future.
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Mildred Howard Enters History Through the Everyday
In her first museum survey, the Bay Area artist's vibrant, musical, and poetic world is on display, reflecting her own memory with collective histories in America.
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The Many Islands of “America”
A show on art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and their diasporas touches on themes of colonization, enslavement, migration, and more.
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James McNeill Whistler’s Music for the Eyes
A long-awaited Whistler retrospective at Tate Britain makes the case that every brushstroke, color, and omission serves the pursuit of harmony.
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Madelon Vriesendorp’s Subconscious Cities
An exhibition explores the creativity and imagination of an artist whose way of seeing influences architects and artists.