Film
A Film Made to Be Watched on Instagram Exposes the Tricks of Influencer Culture
The documentary #followme peels back the artifice of social media's popularity economy.
Review
Art
The Spirit of Place in an Artist's Soul
The works on view at Brad Kahlhamer: A Nation of One and Bowery Nation + Hawk + Eagle mingle the artist's unapologetic storytelling with festivals of image, text, line, and color.
Art
Photographing the Roots of Nationalism in American Youth
Sarah Blesener photographs American kids — between 8 and 18 years old — training in US patriotic programs, where American history lessons overlap with bible study sessions and military training.
Art
In Garry Winogrand’s City, a Colorful Kaleidoscope Comes Alive
In Garry Winogrand's Color, color slides wink in and out of existence as images are paired in small visual novellas.
Film
A Searing, First-Person Look at the AIDS Crisis Told Through the Eyes of a Couple
The 1993 documentary Silverlake Life presents an unusual perspective on daily life with a deadly disease.
Books
Is George Herriman the Greatest American Visual Artist?
Out of seemingly meager materials, Herriman created a complete world, a place where nothing ever changes and where his characters never develop, yet his sense of humor is almost infallible.
Art
Milena Büsch's Large Paintings Parody Consumer Culture
These deceptively decorative works critique the conventions and implied values of the classic bourgeois interior.
Art
An Artist's Maps of Imperialism and Greed
Dan Mills delves into the devastating numbers of threatened populations around the world and then converts them into chaotically beautiful cartographies.
Art
Lee Krasner’s Early Prophecies
Krasner’s teacher, Hans Hofmann, told her that her work was so good, you would have never known it was done by a woman.
Art
Finding Quality Time Through Art
With subversive wit and trenchant humor, the artists in Quality Time expose the arbitrary nature of society's benchmarks for meaning.
Art
Roger Brown’s Innovative Still Lifes
Brown was interested in mishaps and disasters, but above all, he was interested in what it meant to be American.
Film
The Specter of Concentration Camps Haunts The Terror: Infamy
The latest season of AMC's supernatural history drama uses the harsh realities of Japanese American internment to weave its horrific tale.