Art
Brian Belott's Time Pieces
Belott’s “frozen artworks” signify duration in the interval between the water freezing and the ice melting.
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Books
The Curdling of American Masculinity in University Frats
For seven years, Andrew Moisey documented the debauchery of university fraternities. His photographs evince an unsettling ritual of malevolent machismo.
Books
A MoMA Anthology Conceives of the Art of Central and Eastern Europe Beyond the Post-Communist Lens
The anthology arrives at a crucial time to speak about the art scenes of European post-communist societies and their common conditions of transformation.
Art
The Romantic Gloom of Delacroix
His lush paintings make you feel Romanticism in your guts.
Art
Imagining Utopia in Rina Banerjee’s Whimsical Cornucopias
Cobbled together from materials including cowrie shells, Yoruba masks, horns, Japanese mosquito nets, and crocodile heads, Rina Banerjee's fantastical sculptures present a utopian vision of globalism.
Art
The Passions and Posthumanism of Two Abstract Expressionists
The works of painters Joan Mitchell and Jean-Paul Riopelle foster a dialectic between pure gestural abstraction and lyrical suggestions of the grandeur of nature.
Art
A Mad Scientist of the New York Avant-Garde Gets a Retrospective
Curiosity diverted Tony Conrad into the underground worlds of experimental music and filmmaking, and to an unpretentious understanding of himself as a conceptual artist.
Art
A Mad Scientist of the New York Avant-Garde Gets a Retrospective
Curiosity diverted Tony Conrad into the underground worlds of experimental music and filmmaking, and to an unpretentious understanding of himself as a conceptual artist.
Art
A Pioneering Photographer's Legacy In Algae
In 1843, Anna Atkins created the first book illustrated with photography. It took over a century for her pioneering work to be recognized.
Art
A Pioneering Photographer's Legacy In Algae
In 1843, Anna Atkins created the first book illustrated with photography. It took over a century for her pioneering work to be recognized.
Art
A VR Experience that Generates Waking Dreams
Dream by experimental musician Philippe Lambert immerses viewers in the strange disorientation of slumber.
Books
The Iconic Magazine Covers that Changed the World
The oral histories in Iconic Magazine Covers bring the work of producing images that stand the test of time down to earth.