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.
Review
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.
Art
Pierre Soulages, Extreme Painter at 100
Soulages is not a reductive painter, but an artist who enlarges our sense of tradition by demonstrating the infinite potential of a single pigment.
Art
The Gnarly, Sassy Minimalism of Tom Doyle
Doyle's sculpture offers an opportunity to contemplate the beauty of pure form, but without a hint of nostalgia.
Film
Geisha, Gangsters, and More: Tokyo’s Underbelly Onscreen
For the next three weeks Film Forum presents SHITAMACHI: Tales of Downtown Tokyo, an expansive series dedicated to the city’s grittier east side, where filmmakers have long turned their lens.
Film
The Filmmaking Collective That Let Women Talk Over Men
The documentary Delphine et Carole: Insoumuses looks at Les Insoumuses, the '70s group founded by director Carole Roussopoulos, iconic actress Delphine Seyrig, and Simone de Beauvoir.
Film
Joker Is a Thinly Veiled (and Thin) Take on '80s NYC
The film is far too derivative, far too wedded to juvenile mythology, and far too tentative to deserve its elevated profile.
Film
In The Lighthouse, Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson’s Despair Becomes Our Own
Never content to simply depict its characters as their mental health erodes, the film seeks to make the viewer feel like they too are actually on the same path with them.
Film
Jojo Rabbit, Billed as a Satire About Nazis, Lacks Any Actual Satirical Wit
Writer-Director Taika Waititi’s latest falls into the same trap of films like Green Book — that marginalized people have to work to prove their humanity