Art
Escaping the Neo-Conceptualist Bubble
An exhibition that questions whether art can be based on formulas without becoming formulaic.
Review
Art
The Tantalizing Photographic Figure at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
At the fair, you can trace visual conversations happening across regions of Africa and their diasporic communities.
Art
The Gilded Lily of the Art Fairs, TEFAF, Blossoms on Park Avenue
Oyster shuckers roam the drill hall as VIP attendees sip champagne and ogle a $20 million Gauguin painting.
Art
Crimea's Amazing History Told Through Art
Amazing Stories of Crimea attempts to show the historical diversity of cultures in Crimea spanning several centuries.
Film
Other Music Remembers a Beloved New York Record Store
The new documentary tells the story of the music institution's life — and death.
Art
Eight Women Visual Artists Use Duchamp's Provocation as a Springboard
Marcel Duchamp's “The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even” provides a provocative foundation for an exhibition of female artists who riff on the liminal spaces between ideas and events.
Art
Amid the Galleries at Frieze New York, a Special Focus on Overlooked Artists Adds an Educational Twist
New themed sections focusing on overlooked and under-represented artists save the fair from the crushing boredom of normal blue-chip dealership.
Film
A Rare Action Movie Manages to Be Both Thrilling and Meaningful
Shadow, the latest release from Chinese director Zhang Yimou, looks like no other film.
Art
An Artist's Critique of Colonialism in Brazil
Centered on Brazil's northeastern region, Jonathas de Andrade's One to One dramatizes exchanges between the colonizer and colonized, between the haves and have-nots.
Art
A Tacky Tech Take on Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh, Starry Night degrades the work of the daring painter while underusing the awesome powers of immersive digital technology.
Art
A 1960s Sci-Fi Series Takes on Renewed Relevance
A group show featuring the likes of Jenny Holzer and Harun Farocki frames the dystopian world of 1960s British TV show The Prisoner as a harbinger of 21st-century surveillance capitalism.
Film
In Homecoming, Beyoncé Makes Beychella Personal
The megastar has directed a film about her already-legendary Coachella performance, incorporating it into her ongoing project exploring Black cultural and intellectual history.