Art
Simone Fattal Sculpts Poetry from Chaos
The Lebanese artist’s first US retrospective reveals a haunting mythology of lands in ruins and new beginnings.
Review
Art
The Colors of the Ancient Mediterranean in Vivid Dimensions
A new exhibition at University of Michigan’s Kelsey Museum of Archaeology dives deep into the material and application of pigment and in doing so highlights a colorful, international history.
Film
Gaspar Noé’s Latest Film Is a Drug-Fueled DJ Mix from Hell
Climax is something of a feature-length DJ mix, with Noé behind the decks.
Film
The Irresponsible Failure of a Netflix Series on the 2012 Delhi Gang Rape Investigation
Richie Mehta’s Delhi Crime uses taut cinematography to distract from its propagandistic storyline.
Art
The Overlooked Legacy of Oscar Rejlander, Who Elevated Photography to an Art
An exhibition at the Getty Center serves to rectify a century of oversight by highlighting Rejlander’s many innovations.
Art
An Illustrated Timeline of Chinese Immigration to the US Illuminates a History of Xenophobia
Tessa Hulls traces out the racist foundations that still haunt us in a timeline stretching back to the 1500s.
Music
Solange, Captured Mid-Dream
Conceived as a musical map of Houston, Solange's hometown, When I Get Home wanders from mood to mood, arrangement to arrangement, a soundscape as cityscape, where songs correspond to locations and melodies merge with memory.
Art
Ben Morgan-Cleveland’s Dispirited Words
Isn’t this the last thing we want to admit? That we are not sure what anything means or what we are supposed to do?
Art
Anton van Dalen’s Valuable Lessons
Using simple means, often just pencil and paper, van Dalen has made careful, painstaking images of cyborgs, pigeons, and war machines.
Music
John and Yoko’s Wedding Album, Once an Oddity, Now an Icon
An unlikely element of Lennon and Ono’s late-1960s peace campaign was an aural selfie, ahead of its time.
Art
Sarah Cameron Sunde's Immersive Performances
The artist seeks to address the severed relationship between the landscape and the viewer.
Art
Claire Sherman's Leafy Canvases
Sherman's paintings offer a captivating tension between movement and stasis.