Art
Elise Siegel and Her Inscrutable Heads
Siegel’s sculptures recall the great screen actors whose faces projected profound and precise shifts of feeling.
Review
Art
Being Gay Under Trump
Ron Amato’s exhibition Gay in Trumpland explores the dark fear many gay men are internalizing as President Trump and his inner circle remove rights and protections for LGBTQ individuals.
Books
Photographs of Fatherly Intimacy Don’t Capture the Whole Picture
Fathers provides an idealized portrait of Black fatherhood, without insights into how one gets through the muck and mire of daily life to find the joy we see here.
Art
The Penetrating Gaze of Portrait Busts
While Elise Siegel's sculptures take the form of traditional portrait busts, they are anything but.
Film
An Artist Duo’s Ingenious Movie About US Military Bases in Japan
The documentary, titled Making a Perfect Donut, is particularly timely given protests currently going on over the construction of a new base in Henoko.
Art
An 18th-Century Designer of Fantastical Bodies and Imaginary Buildings Is Posthumously Recognized
Once relegated to academic footnotes as a bemusing curio, Jean-Jacques Lequeu is finally being fully recognized for his cheeky and dazzling drawings.
Art
A YouTuber Illuminates the History of American Urban Development
In the series called Franklin we watch a city get built over time, beginning centuries back and then evolving in a way which mirrors the growth of many real American cities.
Art
Artists Recognize the Benefits of a Parasite-Host Relationship
Inspired by the curator's manifesto, artists look at how points where the parasite and the host engage or “interrupt” each other.
Film
Netflix and Hulu Release Contrasting Documentaries on the Fyre Festival Scandal
Hulu got out of the gate early, dropping Fyre Fraud as a surprise one week ahead of Netflix's planned release of Fyre. Watching the films, an interesting contrast emerges.
Art
The Visual Chill of the Cold War Is More Relevant Than Ever
András Böröcz reflects on the ambiguities of Hungarian cultural-political reality.
Books
A Photographer's Journey Through the Lost Paradise of 1980s Florida
A Peculiar Paradise: Florida Photographs features Nathan Benn's early 1980s photographs of dreams and debauchery in the Sunshine State.
Art
Native Hawaiians Deconstruct the Misleading Narrative of Hawaii as Paradise
A mural by six Native Hawaiian contemporary artists serves as a counterpoint to the commercial imagery that has advertised the state as an exotic paradise.