Books
Beware the Rise of Anti-Anti-Colonialism
Two new books by Nigel Biggar and Adam Kuper advocate for wilful amnesia and collective repression of British colonial brutality.
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Art
What Does a Post-Hurricane World Look Like?
An exhibition of contemporary work by Puerto Rican artists at the Whitney captures the impossibility of going back and the difficulty of forging ahead.
Art
Rick Rivet Evokes His Arctic Origin
The artist’s solo exhibition in Santa Fe transports viewers away from New Mexico’s adobe-clad chile-tinged capital city.
Books
A Global History of Women's Photography Includes Over 300 Artists
This book unearths a trove of unseen images from the past two centuries.
Art
A Tension in Paint Befitting Our Times
Maia Ruth Lee wants viewers to make associations as well as recognize the unstable world in which she and many others live.
Art
Burning Down the Language of Enforcement
It is surprisingly rare to come across an activist artwork as succinct and conceptually together as Jordan Corine Cruz’s “Face Each Other, Burn Together.”
Art
Art in the Early 2000s China Boom
Cruel Youth Diary: Chinese Photography and Video greets us with the dizziness befitting a period of rapid economic growth and social change.
Art
Can We Find Compassion in the Grotesque?
Monstrous Faces and Caricatures invites viewers to confront ugliness and the questions it raises about how we relate to it.
Books
The Stories of Art History's Detectives
The provenance researcher must be a detective, figuring out alternative ways to get at information that major participants in the trade are often unwilling to disclose.
Art
Celia Álvarez Muñoz Adds Color to Conceptualism
With an eye for unearthing cultural hypocrisy and advocating for exploited people, Álvarez Muñoz responds to social injustice in her colorful art.
Art
Depravity and Delights in Nicole Eisenman's Prints
If God (and the Devil) are in the details, the craft of printmaking proves a powerful outlet for exploring Eisenman’s most enduring themes.
Art
Diary of a British Town
The tales in the Thamesmead Codex are melded, mashed up, meshed together fragments of the many human stories told to artist Bob and Roberta Smith.