Performance
An Unforgettable Wagner Production Caps Off the Met Opera Season
Robert Lepage’s production design is unforgettable, and the giant machine that serves as its centerpiece is distinctive enough to seem like its own character.
Review
Art
The Unlikely Pairing of Caravaggio and Daniel Buren
Kamel Mennour Gallery highlights the enduring power of chiaroscuro by pairing a long-lost Caravaggio masterpiece with a shimmering site-specific installation by conceptual artist Daniel Buren.
Art
A 20th-Century Artist Who De-Sexualized the Trans Body
Böttner used her body to create art for normalization of non-conforming bodies and sexualities.
Art
The Proliferation and Politics of Copies During the Renaissance
Copies, Fakes, and Reproductions challenges viewers’ assumptions that “copies” must be “fakes” and therefore “bad.”
Books
César Aira’s Take on Contemporary Art Comes Up Short
Not every work tells a story; not every story told about a work enriches it.
Art
"The Supreme Gift … Is Scale": Robert Motherwell's Monumental Paintings
The first exhibition devoted exclusively to the Abstract Expressionist's vast, mural-sized works is on view at Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York.
Books
Psychoanalyzing The Legend of Zelda
In a new book of essays, The Psychology of Zelda: Linking Our World to the Legend of Zelda Series, psychologists and video game scholars probe the existential questions at the heart of the beloved video game franchise.
Books
Beneath the Pretty Surfaces of Sofia Coppola’s Films
A new monograph demonstrates that the director’s aesthetic does not equal “mere frippery,” but examines important issues.
Art
Strangely Unsettling Photographs of Windowless Houses
An artist duo's digitally doctored images of houses without windows prompt reflections on the struggle to maintain privacy in an age of oversharing.
Art
The Sensuality of Ancient Art in the Round
In antiquity and in the Renaissance there was an inherent sensuality to being able to visually consume a sculpture from every angle.
Art
Mira Schor Shows a Powerful, Liberating Relationship Between Women and Animals
Schor’s extraordinary paintings and drawings, produced during her time at CalArts in the 1970s, redefine female "wildness."
Music
The Singer-Songwriter Complex
New word-heavy releases from Jenny Lewis, Sir Babygirl, Nilufer Yanya, and Sharon Van Etten.