Books
What makes Written Matter different from some artists’ journals is that one need not be familiar with Orozco — or even the legacy of Conceptualism to which his work is tethered — to enjoy it.
Film
The new documentary The Painter and the Thief finds the complexities in what could have been a basic feel-good tale.
Art
Richter is undoubtedly an impressive painter, one who exhibits a mastery of practice but confusion of tone. His latest retrospective, Painting After All, doesn’t quite connect the dots.
Books
Maggie Doherty’s The Equivalents follows the Radcliffe College Institute for Independent Study’s role in mid-century feminism, and explores the ways in which it fell short.
Film
At turns disturbing, darkly humorous, and deeply heartfelt, Paranoia Agent exemplifies everything people love about Satoshi Kon’s work, and why fans still miss him nearly a decade after his death
Books
Titled simply Miranda July, Prestel’s excellent new “mid-career retrospective” of the artist highlights July’s enduring interest in the very darkest aspects of human existence.
Books
Lacking formal training in art, Joris-Karl Huysmans had a knack for seizing on the unanticipated, the gritty, and the revelatory in painting.
Books
This exhibition provides an exciting starting point for exploring artists' personal sites, statements, and YouTube videos.
Books
No exhibition of any pretension is complete without lasting proof of its existence, preferably in print on coated paper.
Art
Sanja Latinović's "Abandoned" pierces our self-protective veil with a glimpse of COVID’s raw truth.
Art
Dan Douke conveys the possibility that painting, even after its death, remains inexhaustible.
Film
The Wolf House is thick with layered references to Chile's repression under Pinochet, but it's not necessary to understand any of them to get the full brunt of its terrifying, intricately animated imagery.