Art
Finding Human Interest Stories in Virtual Reality
YouTube creator Syrmor talks to people in an online social game. Their stories are often harrowing and emotional — even though they're coming from the mouths of cartoon characters.
Review
Art
Exposing Ghosts of the Past, Michael Rakowitz Pulls Back the Curtain
Throughout his career, Rakowitz has been making artful reconstructions of lost heritage.
Film
Film Studios Left Hollywood in the 1950s and Changed the Business Forever
After World War II, movie studios like MGM and Paramount found themselves at a crossroads as they adapted to changes brought on by both the war and the advancement of filmmaking technology.
Art
Andrea Fraser Puts Male Feminism on the Line
In her performance, Fraser plays the role of male feminists, both empathizing with them and exposing their failure to empathize with the goals of the Women’s Movement.
Art
Edmund de Waal's Relationship to Precious Materials at the Frick Collection
The exhibition Elective Affinities draws viewers into stories of the Frick's permanent collection and a contemporary artist's intellectual and aesthetic reckonings and inventions with them.
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.
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.