Film
How Hollywood Has Helped Colonize Hawaiʻi
Anthony Banua-Simon’s documentary Cane Fire contrasts decades of Hollywood images of his home with its current reality.
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Art
Yarn Against the Patriarchy
Michelle Segre’s art is truer to the actual world we live in than to the ideal one proposed and refined by the art world and its institutions.
Art
Libby Black Processes the World Around Her By Recreating It
In the artist’s new exhibition, Black moves away from her signature representation of commercial goods to celebrating the labors behind everyday life.
Art
When a Contemporary Art Gallery Exhibits a Renaissance Artist
Ikon Gallery's retrospective asserts that Carlo Crivelli’s self-reflexiveness and questioning the nature of the image made him anticipate the “contemporary.”
Art
Weaving an Altar to Guatemala's Pre-Hispanic Glory
Sandra Monterroso confronts the knots that tie together the inequalities, violence, discrimination, racism, and patriarchy in Guatemala.
Art
NYC Exhibition Invites Viewers to Go for a Nap
For all its quirks, Sprout Hinge Nap Wobble’s immersive elements never feel gimmicky.
Art
Oscar Muñoz Visualizes the Invisible
The Colombian artist’s first US retrospective is a meditation on memory and seeing.
Art
What’s Left After Exile?
“As horrifying as the details of my family story are, that is literally every émigré story. Your only choice is to leave everything behind,” says artist Jenny Yurshansky.
Art
The Afterlives of Art Scraps
Artists Selina Trepp, Leslie Baum, and Diane Christiansen repurpose their own and others’ creations into new artworks.
Film
A Body Horror Tale With an Avian Twist
Hanna Bergholm’s stunningly original debut film Hatching embraces the experience of female adolescence as the monster that it is, and then gives that monster literal wings.
Film
Panda! Go Panda! Classics Make a Delightful Comeback
You don't have to be an anime-head to appreciate these early-career shorts by the founders of Studio Ghibli.
Film
Pleasure Dispels Male Fantasies of Porn
Ninja Thyberg’s film replicates a common plot structure for classic porn as it follows a young performer entering the business, but its focus is on the labor involved.