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Painting in The Age of Anxiety
I have an innate distrust of work that has a whiff of nostalgia drifting off its surface, whether it is for Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, or, further back, Albert Pinkham Ryder.
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Faithful to Putin, One Hundred Percent
Don't trust what you read. Don't trust what you see.
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A Master of the Flesh and Painter of the Soul
Ivan Albright represents a deeply transcendent, even Platonic, idea of the soul, although one could be forgiven for missing it among the mercilessly unglamorous bodies of his figures.
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Photography in Search of the Real
Real Worlds invites viewers to consider photography not just as documentation of myriad moments but as a means to more deeply understand lives and interpersonal relationships in Western cities.
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The Sweet Chaos of the Bay Area's Artistic Heritage
Way Bay visualizes the currents of unbridled creativity that have coursed and flowed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area over the last two centuries.
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Two Berlin Filmmakers Reflect on Germany's Racial Dynamics
In their films at the Berlin Biennial, Natasha E. Kelly and Mario Pfeifer address the growing divide in Germany between the politics of liberal inclusion and on-the-ground ignorance, racism, and suppression.
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An Exhibition that Frustrates Our Grasp of Abstraction
Though Out of Easy Reach has a unifying theme, it presents a variety of tastes and approaches in a way that feels like ungainly curation which ultimately does not clarify how these women artists now steer the conversation about abstraction.
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An Artist Asserts Control Over the Commodification of Her Work
Carmen Argote's exhibition at Commonwealth and Council suggests that she has no money left after participating in Made in LA, displaying work that resists any potential role as pricey art objects.
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The Deaccessioning Debate in Museums
Deaccessioning — the permanent removal of objects and art from a museum's collection — has been at the forefront of many discussions around public and private collections of late.
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Highway to Conflict: A Photographer Maps Out One of Iraq’s Deadliest Routes
“You think of Mosul and you think of a dangerous warzone, when actually 90 percent of it is open green fields, beautiful landscapes, dogs playing, kids out,” the artist says
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Documentary and Experimental Film by Native American Artists
The Indigenous Now film program brings together performance-based cinematic works by several Native American artists, situated between the documentary and experimental.
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Kitschy Iconography Pulled from the Depths of Pop Culture
Delano Dunn caps off his Project for Empty Space residency with the multi-layered, mixed-media exhibition, Dreams of Fire and Starshine filled with delightfully saccharine, pulpy, images of smashed and smelted pop culture data.