Art
An Elegy to Roy DeCarava's Poignant Compositions
A pair of exhibitions at David Zwirner conveys the photographer's skill at perceiving arresting visual juxtapositions, revealing a consciousness that is supple and keenly insightful.
Review
Books
“Why Is Television Dumb?” and Other Musings by Nam June Paik
In the recently published collection We Are in Open Circuits, Paik's prescient critiques of image consumption suggest he probably would’ve been great at Twitter.
Art
A Tribute to Women’s Work, From Weaving to Computer Programming
While they may appear at odds, the design of computing machines and weaving technology are closely entwined.
Art
Mona Hatoum's Multiple, Often Contradictory Meanings
In her new exhibition at White Cube Bermondsey, the artist presents works that loom and cower, at one moment inviting us in, at the next shutting us out.
Art
Inaugural Toronto Biennial Focuses on Climate While Dismantling Eurocentric Ideas
In The Shoreline Dilemma curators Candice Hopkins and Tairone Bastien offer a consideration of “climate” that spans the tangible environment to the social. Here are some highlights to catch before the Biennial closes on December 1.
Art
Recreating the Sounds of Antarctica
With dripping, creaking, flowing, artist Katie Wood and scientist Grant Macdonald build an uncanny aural simulacrum of a melting continent.
Art
A Father and Daughter's Art in Conversation Across Six Decades
This exhibition of works by Stan and Sara VanDerBeek shows how both artists span traditional boundaries between media and engage similarly intangible concepts: spirituality, the mutability of time, memory, and space.
Art
For This Pioneer of Participatory Art, an Artwork Can't Exist Without Your Imagination
Franz Erhard Walther, who made foundational contributions to the development of participatory art, is having his first retrospective in New York City.
Art
In These Paintings, Nature Is Both Imagined and Real
Julian Hatton’s landscape paintings demonstrate how liberating a painting genre can be when approached with inventiveness, humor, and intelligence.
Music
R.I.P. Ric Ocasek, Icon of Blankness
Whenever the chugging intro to “Just What I Needed” or “My Best Friend’s Girl” plays, fans of adolescent drama pump their fists and say yeah.
Art
A Painter Embraces Inauthenticity
Albert Oehlen has been a wild spirit from first to last.
Art
A Greenhouse for Extinct Flora
Michael Wang’s installation resembles an assisted living facility for plants.