Books
Analyzing the Biases of Western Art History With Hard Data
Careful and yet compellingly fresh in its approach, Painting by Numbers offers a new kind of methods book.
Review
Art
In Thrilling Palettes, Ilana Savdie Maps Electrifying Geographies
In the artist’s first solo exhibition, fragments of vibrant color quake with anticipation as if waiting to be ignited.
Art
So Much Achieved by One Artist in So Little Time
The Belgian artist Ilse D’Hollander rejected abstraction and figuration as an either/or premise in favor of a path that embraced both.
Books
The One Book You Need to Read Right Now Is About Canadian Colonialism
“Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being” by Amy Fung is a collection of linked personal essays about language, displacement, and ownership — about being both an “outsider” and an “intruder.”
Art
Painting the Family Dynamics of Toys and Food
Ulala Imai does more than project human feelings onto toys; she proposes that they represent us, and that we share some of their qualities.
Books
Giuseppe Ungaretti's Wartime Poems
Ungaretti should be numbered among the ranks of such Great War poets as Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, and Isaac Rosenberg.
Film
Into the Storm Tries to Illuminate the Shadowy Allure of QAnon
Despite its six-hour runtime, the HBO docuseries "Q: Into the Storm" fails to comprehend what draws people to conspiracy theories.
Film
Stream a ’70s Classic About the Highs and Lows of Gambling with a Young George Segal
Pay tribute to the late actor George Segal by watching one of his best movies, California Split.
Books
JEB’s Groundbreaking Book of Lesbian Portraits Gets a Second Edition
First published in 1979, Eye to Eye is a work of social practice art that existed decades before the term entered the lexicon.
Art
Channeling the Rhythms of Nature, Sasha Wortzel Sets the Mood for Contemplation
In Dreams of Unknown Islands, the artist turns to ritual to carry us through disorienting ambiguity.
Art
Lorraine O’Grady’s First Retrospective Is Both Invigorating and Overdue
O’Grady’s rebellious spirit has roused the mainstream art world for close to 50 years, and her latest exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum is no exception.
Books
New Helen Frankenthaler Biography Favors Nostalgia Over Artist’s Interiority
In Fierce Poise, the paternalistic attitude toward Frankenthaler undermines both the author’s gifts and the artist’s.