Art
An Artist Standing Outside an Either/Or World
L. Brandon Krall seems simultaneously to embrace systems and flights of imagination.
Review
Art
What Abstraction Can Face Up To
Ha Chong-Hyun has survived the many catastrophes that have befallen Korea during his lifetime, and his work is inextricable from his life.
Art
The Darker Side of Keith Haring
The exhibition “Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit” presents a more complicated — and certainly more interesting — take on an artist best known for his zippy visuals.
Art
Rachel Whiteread’s White Blight
Whiteread has made two full-size structures over the course of the lockdown that suggest a candid act of emotional unburdening.
Books
Poetry That Targets Compliance as Complicity
Andrew Levy's poems explore contemporary life with globe-spanning sweep and intensive probing.
Art
Artists Channel the Collaborative Ethos of New York's Lower East Side
A nod to the arts and culture anti-establishment nonprofit, A Gathering of the Tribes, Housing gallery’s latest exhibition emphasizes the interdisciplinary.
Film
The “Magic Eye” of a Camera Captures Rural Life Under Quarantine
Made in the early days of the pandemic, Alice Rohrwacher’s short Four Roads watches her neighbors adjust to new domestic routines.
Art
The Anti-capitalist Candor of Alice Neel
Neel’s approach defied the conventions of both schlocky social realism and traditional portraiture.
Art
For All the Queer Habibis Out There
Curated by the Earl of Bushwick, Queer-y-ing the Arab focuses on the bedroom and private realm.
Books
The Tender, Loving Side of the Romans
Hérica Valladares explores the softer side of an ancient people famed for brutality.
Art
“The Bomb” Reimagines Discussions Around Nuclear Weapons
Filmmakers Smriti Keshari and Eric Schlosser call into question the very notions of “control” or “safety” when it comes to nuclear devices.
Art
Deborah Remington’s Singular Place in Art
By employing a slow, deliberate process in which control is paramount, Remington shaped her passage in time.