Art
Looking Anew at a Strange Matisse Masterpiece
In 1911 Matisse created "The Red Studio," a self-enclosed world in his studio, by showing 11 earlier works of art, without the presence of the artist.
Review
Art
The Lasting Influence of La Malinche, the Nahua Translator
Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of Malinche prompts new conversations about one Indigenous woman’s turbulent story.
Art
Hiwa K's Transformative Approach to Activist Art
The artist serves as a proxy through which the complexities of Gulf War politics, refugeeism, dictatorship, and resilience can be examined in intuitive and material ways.
Art
The Hidden Truths of Lou Reed's Musical Poetry
Reed’s terse song-stories rely on humorous and torqued and poignant metaphors, and serve up pop cliches in order to turn them inside out and reveal hidden truths.
Film
Riff on One Thousand and One Nights Longs for a Bygone Era of Filmmaking
Alternating between charmingly and cringingly unfashionable, George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing defies some orientalist tropes while falling prey to others.
Art
Why Do Artists Keep Painting "The Women in the Window"?
The exhibition Reframed: The Woman in the Window explores the acts of looking and being looked at, framing, and art making.
Film
Funny Pages Mocks the Idea That Hardship Makes Art More Authentic
Owen Kline’s directorial debut follows a privileged teenage artist who decides to impose some grittiness on his life to improve his work.
Art
Philip Guston’s Haunted Testimonies
Guston became a witness to the 20th century’s darkest and foulest experiences without closing his eyes or turning away, and enabled us to see and reflect upon this brutality.
Art
Celebrating William Klein’s Long, Multi-Hyphenated Career
William Klein: YES, a career retrospective at the International Center of Photography, is good for aficionados and neophytes alike.
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Art as the Vehicle of Choice
Latinx and Indigenous artists use automobiles to amplify their cultural identity and challenge systems of erasure.
Art
Uncovering the Queer Histories of Workers' Movements
As bodily autonomy and workers’ rights remain under constant and often intertwined threat, The Work of Love, the Queer of Labor reminds us of what is still at stake.
Art
The Painter Who Directed Her Resolute Gaze at Herself
The emphasis in Semmel's retrospective Skin in the Game is on the various points of view she has taken on herself — and, briefly, on others too.