Art
Cézanne Saw the Nobility of an Apple
The French painter felt he had to rise to the challenge of one question above all things else: What exactly is it to be a modern artist?
Review
Art
Susan Philipsz Evokes the Holocaust Through Absence
Philipsz's haunting sound and video artworks serve as a poignant witness to the lives and artistry of victims of the Holocaust.
Art
Traditional Korean Painting for Modern Times
In Seongmin Ahn's paintings, it is not our past we are looking at but our possible future.
Art
Soheila Sokhanvari Honors Iran's Feminist Rebels
Born in Shiraz, Sokhanvari fled Iran as a child a year before the Revolution and has devoted her artistic practice to the country she left behind.
Art
Ruth Asawa, Without End
Asawa’s life masks do not keep count of past or future losses.
Film
Why The Rules of the Game Is Still Required Viewing
Jean Renoir's newly restored 1939 classic proves that lawless wealth — then as now — makes a marvelous farce of us all.
Art
Uta Barth Chases Light at the Getty Center
Her solo exhibition at the Los Angeles institution demonstrates how natural light can turn an overlooked, everyday setting into a sublime landscape.
Art
How Do We Embody Natural Spaces?
Nicola López and Paula Wilson’s exhibition Becoming Land considers anthropocentric relationships with New Mexico’s desert landscapes.
Books
A New Sourcebook of Indian Art
20th Century Indian Art: Modern, Post-Independence, Contemporary surveys the many distinct aspects of art in South Asia.
Art
The Single Detail That Changed My Mind About Alex Katz
A little detail in an artwork can reveal that sometimes what is right on the surface can change our understanding of the whole.
Art
The Biggest Shitshow Ever, Literally
Oh Shit! retraces the historical arc of feces from ancient Rome to the sewage challenges and potential innovations of the 21st century.
Art
Cracking the Code of Creative Growth
How two beloved institutions showcase and support artists working outside of the mainstream art world.