Art
Discovering an Unknown Sculptor, 30 Years After His Death
During the past decade, many neglected artists have been reconsidered; this cannot be said for Leo Amino.
Review
Art
Excavating the Radical Roots of Abstract Painting
With each new exhibition, it becomes more apparent that Don Voisine is adding his own earned options to the legacy of geometric abstraction.
Art
Purvis Young's Unbounded Histories
Young’s works tell the stories of individuals and communities, of dreams and disillusionment, and of the abysses between life, death, and eternity.
Art
Mona Lisa, Revisited: History’s Symbol and Muse
With his Mona Lisa Earth Series, Naoto Nakagawa puts Leonardo’s mysteriously grinning subject through a ringer of styles and technical treatments in ambitious, complex images.
Art
Coping with Climate Change
The gallery NURTUREart has been transformed into a government bureau to help citizens negotiate climate change’s psychological and logistical challenges.
Art
Encountering “The Fulbright Triptych”
A rare sighting of an elusive painting.
Film
A Documentary on the Birth and Growth of the Satanic Temple
Hail Satan? marks the first time that director Penny Lane filmed contemporary events as they developed, though her deftness with archival material is crucial to the story's appeal.
Art
A Show of Saccharine, Seductive Greeting Card Paintings Sponsored by Deep Conservatism
William-Adolphe Bouguereau's Belle Epoque paintings suggest that anything can be bought as a balm against the harsh conditions and human expense required to build America.
Art
The Leonard Cohen Show Is a Shallow Response to the Musician’s Legacy
An archival show has to be judged, in part, by the depth to which it mines the archive.
Art
An Artist Builds His Vision of Black Prosperity
Azikiwe Mohammed's kitschy, immersive installation presents weighty themes of Black identity.
Film
The Story Behind America's Most Famous Sex Therapist
The documentary Ask Dr. Ruth connects Ruth Westheimer's life both to her philosophy toward sex and how she cultivated her media image.
Film
A Romance Horror Film Spotlights the Fraught Politics of Eating Meat in India
Aamis can be simultaneously read as a slow-burning forbidden romance, an allegorical nod to socio-cultural repressions, and as macabre corporeal horror.