Music
New Takes on Christmas Music
You wouldn't know it from listening to the same old hits on Christmas radio, but every year a flood of new Christmas music hits the market.
Review
Art
Kiefer Overbrims His World
Anselm Kiefer draws down the world upon his shoulders in a mood of what can only be described as apocalyptic excess.
Art
The Somber Symbolism of Jill Mulleady
The Swiss-Uruguayan artist here challenges viewers with a single, colossal painting and a group of provocative conceptual pieces.
Art
Marino Marini’s Scarred Monumentality
Marini’s membership in the Fascist Party is something that will cling to him, despite his self-exile to Switzerland and the anti-imperialist tone of his postwar work.
Art
Where Brenda Goodman’s Paintings Are Taking Us
From limbless bodies to gorging, ravenous figures to gouged surfaces, there has always been something broken and deeply damaged about Goodman’s art.
Art
The History Paintings of Jenny Snider
Snider’s interest in the relationship between popular culture, theater, dancing, innovative art, politics, and persecution, as seen through the lens of the Russian Revolution and Soviet art, addresses the present moment.
Art
Two Transnational Artists Connect Through Shared Experiences of Displacement
Betelhem Makonnen and Stephanie Concepcion Ramirez trace the influence of neo-colonialism on immigrants from the Global South, merging their personal journeys into a collective experience.
Film
A Tribute to Agnès Varda's Melding of the Personal and Political
To get the fullest picture of the artist requires traveling back through her filmography, a joyful opportunity provided by Film at Lincoln Center’s series Varda: A Retrospective, which opens today and runs through January 6.
Art
An Exhibition Makes a Bold, Yet Confusing Case for a New Category of Chinese Art
Framing a multigenerational and diverse group of artworks under the blanket term “Material Art” may confound more than it clarifies.
Art
Joiri Minaya’s Tropical-Inflected Critiques of Colonialism
In unifying contemporary tropical realities with histories of colonization, Minaya demonstrates how imperialist attitudes survive in the discourse and commodification culture surrounding tropical tourism.
Art
In Richmond, Tracing the “Great Force” of American Racism
Taking a cue from James Baldwin, an exhibition considers the way that American racism moves forward — from the arrival of the first ship carrying enslaved Africans to the insidious ways it has trickled through the capillaries of American culture.
Film
Invisible Life Reveals the Lush Inner Lives of Two Sisters Torn Apart by Tradition
Adapted from Martha Batalha’s novel, Karim Aïnouz's latest tells the twinned stories of sisters Eurídice and Guida by exploring the pocket of time in their lives before they stopped waiting on their dreams.