Film
In eschewing claims to an unmediated reality, Synonyms reveals truths about French society often masked by reality itself, while Young Ahmed obscures crucial systemic injustices in Belgium under the guise of realism.
Art
For her Hauser & Wirth debut, Sherald restructures historical notions of blackness through the use of grisaille.
Film
Film poet Manfred Kirchheimer shows off beautiful restored footage he shot in NYC from 1958 to 1960 in Free Time.
Art
A showcase of contemporary art and craft made of glass demonstrates how this millennia-old material continues to adapt effortlessly to our own era.
Film
In his latest film, Zombi Child, Bertrand Bonello complements his usual emphasis on aesthetics with an insightful critique of colonialism and the contradictions of liberalism.
Film
The Wild Goose Lake is the latest Chinese crime film to smuggle a critique of the country's inequality, surveillance, and the police state under the guise of genre.
Art
Hazan’s exhibition sounds a low-volume alarm at the increasingly severe effects of climate change while prompting us to consider the artist’s reconstructed experiences of atmosphere, weather, and geography.
Art
The Met Breuer mounts recent acquisitions from Latin America, South and Southeast Asia, West Asia, and North Africa alongside mainstays of postwar American art, sketching a potential reorientation of art history.
Art
A small yet mighty exhibition, Fragments of a Crucifixion highlights moments of mourning, as well as joyful moments of faith and collectivity that continue in the face of traumas.
Film
Anime's Human Machines at the Barbican Centre offers a variety of perspectives on humanity, technology, and whether the soul can exist between machines and humans.
Film
Featuring stunning landscape photography, the documentary Anthropocene surveys a new era of human-driven geology.
Books
Despite the overwhelming number of independent presses, it was challenging to find the books and zines that couldn't easily be seen elsewhere, say on Amazon or in gallery bookshops.