Books
An Author's Ode to Eyelashes
In place of the Surrealists’ obsession with the eye, poet and visual artist Tiziana La Melia’s debut collection adopts the eyelash as an emblem.
Review
Art
A Painter for Our Times
Carnwath's paintings are true barometers of the world after the 2016 presidential election.
Art
Spotlighting a Marginalized Master of Art Brut
According to his psychiatrist, Philipp Schöpke possessed “the extreme opposite of what is called drawing talent.”
Books
Dark Poems for Smart Phones
Deathwish by Ben Fama is joy in minor splendor.
Art
Jack Bush’s Stripes and Solids
These paintings are more than color-field eye candy and hold their own as engaging abstracts.
Art
Art of the Russian Revolution, Through Contemporary Eyes
The Russian Revolution was an unparalleled disaster, but its artistic tradition remains of enormous interest.
Art
A First-Timer Approaches the ADAA Fair Like a Buffet
Dead Birds and haunting collages are among the many gems at the 2019 Art Dealers Association of America Art fair.
Film
Taking the Highway to Freedom with a Green Book
The documentary is a travelogue that embarks on a journey through present-day America, using the Green Book as its guide.
Performance
A Ballet Redefines “Wokeness”
Dwight Rhoden’s galvanizing protest rally of a ballet takes on topical issues, while bridging popular music with arguably the most conservative form of dance.
Art
Using AI to Produce "Impossible" Tulips
Anna Ridler uses AI to bring "tulipmania" into the future.
Books
The Modernists Marginalized Under Colonialism
Mapping Modernisms points us to the unequal way in which Western Modernist art histories characterize influence between cultures.
Art
Andy, Andy Everywhere
While the Whitney Museum retrospective celebrates his long career, two smaller New York shows cull from Warhol Factory closets important ephemera that illuminate his body of work and his relationship to art making.