Art
Photos Reveal How San Francisco and LA Dramatically Grew After 1850
An exhibition documents how California and photography grew up together, and how photos influenced the rest of the country’s perception of the state’s two leading cities.
Review
Books
Growing Up in the Avant-Garde Circles of Wallace Berman
Through his father, Wallace, Tosh Berman was in the middle of a vivid circle of artists, writers, and musicians who regarded art as the opposite of cultural business.
Books
Photojournalism in Nashville During the Civil Rights Era
A book of photos of Nashville at the height of the Civil Rights Movement conveys a story of promises both fulfilled and denied.
Film
Pasolini’s Felt Duty to be Scandalous
The first of a three-part retrospective of Pasolini’s films began at Metrograph, starting at the end of Pasolini’s career with the films that are among his most conflicted, comic, and punishing.
Books
A Novel Inspired by Marina Abramović Falls Short of Expectations
Heather Rose's novel The Museum of Modern Love takes the events of Abramović's The Artist Is Present to show how art influences our lives, but in many ways, the writing leaves the reader with a sense of dissatisfaction.
Art
A Project Meticulously Lays Out the Realities of Modern-Day Slavery
With a scattered display of everyday objects and cryptic legal documents, Cameron Rowland illustrates a long history of systematic racism.
Art
An Artist Guards Detroit's Identity and Who Can Claim It
Tiff Massey’s hyper-territorialism regarding who can claim Detroit as their home comes into philosophical conflict with some of the culture blending she utilizes in a new body of fiber-based work.
Art
How Alphonse Mucha’s Smoking Designs Made Art Nouveau
His images of towering women and mind-bending vegetal forms, found many audiences through theater posters for Sarah Bernhardt and rolling papers.
Film
Barry Jenkins’s Tender Adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk
Jenkins brings a visual richness to the story, accentuating the emotional undertones of Baldwin’s words.
Art
The Poetry of Eileen Myles’s Intimate, Imperfect Instagram Photos
Myles’s photographs don’t feel precious at all, though there is something relentlessly intimate in their flat-footed irreverence.
Art
Clyfford Still, as Seen Through His Daughter’s Eyes
Sandra Still offers sharp judgments on celebrated paintings and brilliant details about her father during his most reclusive period.
Art
The Complete History of Cubism in One Blockbuster Exhibition
The first exhibition devoted to Cubism in France since 1953 illustrates how the radical art movement shattered western pictorial conventions.