Books
The Fascinating World of Neanderthal Aesthetics
It turns out that we Homo sapiens are not the only species to explore art and its abstractions.
Review
Music
Four Genre-Bending Releases to Blast This Weekend
From political punk to a rapper-turned-rocker, the releases below are all riotous.
Film
A Woman Escapes the Grip of Men in Charlie Kaufman's Latest Film
Director Charlie Kaufman’s men leech off women for validation, while women attempt to escape their parasitic grip.
Books
The Meanings of Minimalist Memorials
Monuments are built only when the political struggle they commemorate has been definitively won.
Art
Surrealism’s Unfinished Business
The art of the collagiste is essentially the art of the scavenger, the opportunistic thief.
Art
Lisa Corinne Davis Critiques Corporate America Through Abstract Art
Davis recognizes that grids, networks, and circuits are not purely a product of the art world, and there are myriad contexts in which the government and corporate America deploy them.
Books
100 Years of Photographs of Gay Men in Love
Hundreds of photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries offer a glimpse at the life of gay men during a time when their love was illegal almost everywhere.
Film
A Wonderful Prom Night in Flint, Michigan
The tender, often very funny documentary Midnight in Paris portrays a kind of prom not often seen in media.
Film
Revisit the National Black Political Convention of 1972
After decades of circulating only in edited form, William Greaves's Nationtime can now be seen as intended for the first time.
Film
A Bleakly Funny Vision of the Future With Clones and Time Travel
The latest installment of indie animator Don Hertzfeldt's World of Tomorrow series expands its bleakly funny vision of the future.
Art
The Exuberant Softness of Feliciano Centurión’s Textiles
Often dismissed during his lifetime for his emphasis on kitsch and craft, it is high time that Centurión gets his due.
Art
Leaning Into the Feeling of Being Lost
José Luis Vargas beckons us to enter his disorienting world, created “with the eyes of a child who has entered a science fiction tale.”