Art
Derek Fordjour Conjures a Heavenly World
In "Self Must Die," Fordjour’s penchant for lush colors and surfaces dovetails with the theme of churchified rituals of remembrance.
Review
Art
Picturing Wittgenstein's Children's Dictionary
With Drawings for Word Book, Paul Chan revisits the philosopher’s important text, illustrating its terms with childlike receptiveness.
Art
Enter the Rich, Vibrant Worlds of Thornton Dial
Dial World offers an exciting, if selective, opportunity to gauge the artist’s formal impact — one long overdue.
Art
In Large-Scale Quilts, Jesse Krimes Memorializes Those Subsumed by Incarceration
American Rendition interweaves materials cherished by current and formerly incarcerated people into contemplative scenes.
Performance
The Pitfalls of Hosting a Virtual Cabaret
HaRaKa Platform’s Cairo KitKat Club pales in comparison to virtual performances mounted with only a fraction of the institutional support.”
Art
Tomás Esson’s Whirling Gyroscopes of Paint
In The GOAT, tongues, butts, and spillage all combine, expressing a delightful reverence of the corporeal.
Film
A Drummer Grapples With Hearing Loss
With a terrific lead performance by Riz Ahmed, the film "Sound of Metal" bridges the deaf and hearing worlds.
Film
A Funhouse Mirror Telling of Canadian History
The Twentieth Century is a surreal, irreverent anti-biopic of Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Art
Winds of Change at the São Paulo Biennial's Introductory Show
Emphasizing obscured histories, Vento inspires hope that the biennial programs to come will be potent enough to raise some dust in Niemeyer’s drafty halls.
Film
The Spotless, Uncanny World of Cleaning YouTube
The "Clean with Me" video genre pits our deep need to connect against the pressures that come with sharing the intimacies of one’s life.
Film
At New Directors/New Films, Stories About People Struggling to Heal
This year's online edition of the venerable festival features movies about mourning rituals, reenactments of family history, cult survivors, and more.
Art
John Edmonds’s Intimate Gaze
In his meticulously posed photographs, Edmonds conjures new avenues for imaging relationships between Africa and its diasporas today.