Art
Alexis Trice’s Pearls of Longing
In the New York painter’s lyrical scenes, the pearl serves as a metaphor for turning pain into treasure.
Review
Book Review
An Exhibition of Non-Existent Books
It’s clear that this exhibition was put together by a bunch of absolute nerds — and that’s a compliment of the highest order.
Art
Judith Bernstein Warns Us: Never Again!
That Bernstein’s political art is still so relevant is chilling, but like the first time around, it remains a source of comfort that we have her to lead us through.
Art
Prem Sahib Captures the Unruly Aesthetics of Desire
Sahib brings his minimalist aesthetic to the maximalism of fetish bars and nightclubs, dark spaces in which unruly bodies and complex social codes coalesce.
Art
Myron Stout’s Monkish Devotion to Art
Stout achieved an ascetic sensuality in his geometric abstractions, a paradoxical synthesis of restraint and hedonism that is unmatched by any of his contemporaries.
Art
The K-Pop Granny Pirate of the Pacific Rim
Yaloo’s multimedia work addresses the intersection of human and non-human consciousness, and the gap between technological advancement and spiritual practices.
Film
The Existential Crisis of Free Leonard Peltier
The film was made to agitate for the release of the wrongly imprisoned Indigenous activist. Despite last-minute edits after his clemency, it still shows some cracks.
Art
Can Art Help in Healing From a Massacre?
The Escalante Massacre in the Philippines serves as a touchstone for a show by Filipino artist Enzo Camacho and American artist Ami Lien at MoMA PS1.
Film
Zodiac Killer Project Is a Parody of the True Crime Genre
The documentary is an incisive critique of how cliché-bound the genre has become, encouraging viewers to ask more from it.
Art
The Material Is the Message in States of Earth
A group exhibition in Istanbul asks whether art can help us find ways of forging more equitable, less exploitative ways of coexisting with the environment.
Art
Zoë Zimmerman’s Photography Is a Search for Meaning
By creating still life photographs from the everyday items of a historic Taos family, Zimmerman inserts herself and viewers into the personal history of others.
Art
Community Care Through Art in Chinatown
In an already trying year, the art in From Chinatown, With Love is a reminder that community will help us get through the tremendous challenges.