Art
Mis/Communication Highlights Artists Examining the Intersection of Language and Power
The artists in this Stony Brook University exhibition defy many of the linguistic and cultural hierarchies that museums often perpetuate.
Martine Syms
Books
Martine Syms's New Book Is an Irreverent Performance of Contemporary Living
In Shame Space, the narrator obsesses over sex, money, fitness, drugs, friends, work, and self-hatred.
Announcement
Cauleen Smith, Irena Haiduk, and Martine Syms on View at the ICA in Richmond
Two new exhibitions open on February 16 at the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
Art
Deconstructing African American Identity into Axioms, Photos, and Colors
LONDON — Two things are true: Martine Syms likes both purple and words. As with her website and her publishing imprint Dominica, Syms’s exhibition Fact & Trouble at the Institute of Contemporary Arts is awash in the color purple: Royal purple C-stands, royal purple television monitors, and royal pur