Books
Katy Hessel Kicks Men Out of the Western Art Canon
After reading The Story of Art Without Men, educators may aspire to redesign their art history surveys and syllabi — and trade some Picassos for Gegos.
Review
Art
A Sobering Time Capsule of Humanity
The artists in Message from Our Planet: Digital Art from the Thoma Collection at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis want to shake us awake before it’s too late.
Art
Pratt MFA Graduates Contemplate the Mess We’re In
Part 2 of Pratt's MFA thesis exhibition is all about depicting the toxic capitalist, racist, misogynistic, transphobic status quo in the US.
Art
Maia Ruth Lee Transforms the Materials of Migration
The artist draws inspiration from her own migration to consider both the confinement and freedom associated with a life in motion.
Art
A Show About Migration Is a Hall of Memories
Hostility comes across in various forms throughout "Hostile Terrain '94," a show about the perils involved in undocumented migration.
Art
A Crowd-Pleasing Party of Post-Impressionists
Here they are at the National Gallery, almost all at once, all those modern artists we came here to see, those we have come here to report having seen later.
Art
Memories of a Long-Gone, Gritty New York
Bill Rice’s paintings are glimpses of Manhattan’s old East Village of crime, abandonment, cruising, and hanging out.
Film
A Film to Watch With Closed Eyes
Director Sam Green wants viewers to fully engage their ears in a sonic journey of 32 soundscapes.
Art
Matt Bollinger, Painter of the Forgotten
By dealing with class in his art, Bollinger touches on the strain infecting the current “us and them” situation in the United States.
Art
Working Toward a Politics of Borderlessness
Artists in Australia and South Asia highlight the atrocities of caste-based discrimination and make a statement against colonial power.
Art
Los Angeles as a Cultural Stir Fry
Amir H. Fallah's beautiful objects reflect a shadow side, a decay of borders, trust, and stability that comes with the trauma of immigration.
Art
An Eclectic Bunch at ArtCenter's Open Studios
The interdisciplinary and experimental nature of the ArtCenter College of Design’s graduate art program was on full display at its MFA Open Studios.