Art
Walt Whitman's Sensuality and Self-Promotion
Whitman’s poetry feels inseparable from his physical presence, his body itself, as does the work of few other poets.
Review
Art
Garry Winogrand in Living Color
If the nostalgic atmosphere of the photographer's black-and-white images threatens to obscure his compositional acuity these Kodachrome slides dispel it handily.
Books
The Unreality of Everyday Life
What makes Ha Seong-nan's Flowers of Mold so powerful is her ability to reveal the almost imperceptible slippage between actual events and the protagonists' perceptions.
Art
Dana Powell and the Pleasures of Restraint
Do not mistake small size of Powell’s paintings for modesty; she wants to draw us in, to make works that can sustain close looking.
Books
Remembering Eva Palmer Sikelianos, the Artist Who Lived Like an Ancient Greek
An illuminating biography by Artemis Leontis reveals the little-known story of Eva’s mission to revive an ancient culture.
Art
Balancing the Weight of Provenance
One of the first things that Neckles does with her work here is convey where her head is at, yet there’s still much in this exhibition that is enigmatic.
Books
A Murder Mystery Novel Satirizes the New York Art World
Barbara Bourland's gripping new novel Fake Like Me unfolds at the pace of a thriller but is steeped in contemporary art theory.
Art
Ernie Barnes's Iconic Chronicle of His Southern Roots and Sports
Best known for his painting "The Sugar Shack," Barnes focused on what he knew, capturing the seminal moments of his life growing up in North Carolina and as a football player.
Film
A Tribute to the Millions of Lives Destroyed in the Cambodian Genocide
Filmmaker Denis Do used interviews with his mother to craft the animated film Funan, an affecting portrait of a family swept up in the brutal Khmer Rouge regime.
Books
Imagining the Architecture of Our Futures
Paul Dobraszczyk's Future Cities surveys the multitudinous ways creatives have imagined how humans might build their living spaces in the future.
Film
A Tender Friendship Between Black Men Escapes the Limits of Toxic Masculinity
The Last Black Man in San Francisco is refreshingly profound in its exploration of the physical and emotional closeness of its lead characters.
Art
From a Dot, Joseph Kosuth Finds Infinite Possibilities
The Kosuth-curated 'Dot, Point, Period' suggests the endless possibilities of the exhibition’s pinpoint focus — the small black dot.