Film
What Happened When Eight People Were Sealed Inside a Self-Contained Ecosystem
Director Matt Wolf talks to Hyperallergic about his new documentary Spaceship Earth, which reconsiders the infamous Biosphere 2 experiment.
Review
Film
Indigenous Filmmakers Share Features, Shorts, and More Online
This weekend, the collective COUSIN presents film by directors they've commissioned new work from, including Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, seth cardinal dodginghorse, and more.
Film
A Transportive Film Series Spotlights Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson
The films created by the legendary artists move beyond pure documentation, adding layers of context and revealing insights into their respective practices.
Art
Karyn Olivier Subverts the Formal Seriousness of Monuments
Using materials both random and familiar, Olivier’s Everything That’s Alive Moves questions our physical, psychic, and material relationship to history.
Books
Ruth Asawa’s Life and Legacy, in Both Art and Education
Marilyn Chase’s new biography sheds light on Asawa’s contributions to San Francisco’s public schools and its artistic community at large.
Art
People Are Creating Some Unusual Video Games During Quarantine
Dreams, a new PlayStation 4 title, allows people to create their own games. The results have been fun, quirky, and surprisingly deep.
Art
Mickalene Thomas Makes the White Cube a Domestic Oasis
Thomas's Femmes Noires reframes the gallery space, allowing viewers to alter their behavior from what’s expected in an art institution.
Art
What This Artist Needs to Make Work During a Pandemic
Tony Tasset’s use of inexpensive graph paper suggests that drawing is a way to remain open to ideas, whims, passing thoughts, even dreams.
Books
The Writer as Citizen of the World
Charles North is one of the rare citizens of the world in that he remains open to it.
Books
How Women Helped Revolutionize the Art of Printmaking
A new book examines the collective Atelier 17, whose members redefined beliefs about gender identity and artistic achievement in the 1940s and ’50s.
Art
Dorothea Lange's Humanist Vision
In Lange's photography, human ingenuity and grace triumph over the unspeakable blows of the Great Depression and other social oppression, even when hope is in short supply.
Art
Japanese Textiles Patched, Used, and Treasured for Generations
Boro textiles are early examples of sustainability in fashion because of their innovative approach to recycling, and they embody the fundamental principles of wabi-sabi, the Japanese aesthetic that centers on the imperfection of objects.