Art Review
The Revolutionary Tapestry of Nigerian Modernism
The first show on the subject in the UK offers an ambitious, if uneven, look at how artists forged a postcolonial identity
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Book Review
Jan Staller Photographs the Nuts and Bolts of Manhattan's Urban Symphony
The American photographer's new book transforms the city's endless construction sites into otherworldly visions.
Art Review
Alice Tippit’s Mischievous Erotics
The artist’s mixed messages suggest a deep skepticism about the ability of language to adequately express human experience.
Art Review
Mark Milroy Sees, Remembers, and Imagines at Once
His deliberate gaze, which mixes personal memory and art historical insight, makes his work special.
Art Review
Tale of a Riderless Horse
When George Stubbs paints a horse, it comes alive.
Book Review
Hans Holbein Painted the Human
He surpassed all of his colleagues in the sheer depth, visceral intimacy, and empathy conveyed in his renderings of nobles, aristocrats, and thinkers.
Art Review
A Blockbuster Take on Ovid’s “Metamorphosis”
The Rijksmuseum exhibition raises questions about gender, sexuality, and transformation that it is not prepared to answer.
Art Review
Jule Korneffel Finds Meaning at the End of Light
Her paintings compress Roman mythology, Italian Renaissance paintings, color relationships, and that moment before disappearance.
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Leonardo Madriz’s Monuments to the Precarity of Now
His sculptures are a striking metaphor for the fragile equilibrium of American life.
Art Review
MoMA PS1’s “Greater New York” Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting
The survey, which happens every five years, rejects the out-of-towner’s glossy surfaces in favor of the view from inside.
Book Review
The Unnameable Artists of the Canton Trade System
In a book on Qing-era trade portraitists whose names are lost to history, Winnie Wong shows us how our restless pursuits of authenticity guide us into pitfalls of our own making.
Art Review
Michaelina Wautier Finally Known by Her Name
For centuries, her masterpieces were misattributed to male painters. A new exhibition at London's Royal Academy corrects the record.