Film
An Epic Fantasy About a World Plagued by Disease in The Deer King
Directed by Studio Ghibli alumni Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, the film grounds the supernatural in realistic-feeling details.
Review
Art
The Enchanted Afterlives of Thrift Store Finds
For artist Melissa Brown, thrifted items reflect human desires and associations, and take on fresh meanings in each new setting.
Art
Discovering Rick Barton
I am not alone when I say that I had never heard of Barton before his exhibition opened at the Morgan Library & Museum.
Books
Justine Kurland Cuts the Male Canon to Pieces
In SCUMB Manifesto, Kurland slices up her collection of photo books by men to create collages that subvert the male gaze.
Art
New Generation of Land Artists Embodies a Call for Action
From sites to studios to systems, the nature of earthworks has changed since the 1960s and ’70s.
Art
Laurie Anderson Takes Stock of Today's Unpredictable Weather
Anderson insists that she doesn’t consider herself a political artist, but her retrospective, The Weather reveals that her artistic choices are entangled with her politics.
Art
Afghan Artists Speak Out Against Oppression
In the online exhibition Before Silence, nine contemporary Afghan artists ruminate on their plight as refugees with targets on their backs.
Film
A Documentary Traces How Prisoners Documented Nazi Concentration Camps
From Where They Stood examines the rare phenomenon of prisoners who were able to provide direct victim documentation of the Holocaust.
Art
In Pursuit of Belonging
Mining the elusive nature of memory, Joeun Kim Aatchim reveals the urgent, universal desire to cling to the past despite its transience.
Art
Two Artists Brought Together by the Sublime Mysteries of Existence
Cory Feder and Diego Medina’s collaboration in Wonder Holy Ladder is an antidote to the ubiquitous transactional relationships of the 21st century.
Art
Listening to What Latinx Artists Have to Say
Sonic Terrains in Latinx Art at the Vincent Price Art Museum presents a history of Latinx sound practices steeped in resistance.
Art
Nicole Miller Bears Witness Through Sound
The engulfing vocal testimony of Miller's audio-visual art speaks to the threat of death faced by people of color in this country.