Art
Orientalism Persists in Conversations Around Chinese Contemporary Art
In Art and China after 1989, now at SFMOMA, China’s emergence onto the world stage is eclipsed by persisting Orientalist ideas and Western modes of curation.
Review
Art
Cady Noland's Pathological America
While it would be comforting to dismiss Noland's 1980s and '90s vision of a pathological public sphere as hopelessly dated, unfortunately the opposite is true.
Art
A Drunk, Dark, and Gritty Show in a French Wine Cellar
Cold champagne is the inspiration for 20 multi-generational, international artists to create new work displayed in the wine cellars of Domaine Vranken Pommery.
Art
Paintings that Are Like Whispers and Secrets
“Visual poetry” is a phrase that gets thrown around quite a lot these days. Poetry has its own complexities, as captured by Monique Mouton’s subtle work.
Books
Charles Bernstein's Poems Rethink Language
Bernstein often transforms accessible language into a visual puzzle.
Art
A Painter Trades Sex for Romance
Romantic love for Lisa Yuskavage is something we can deride as unrealistic, yet its sweet, naïve simplicity reminds us of a youthful ideal.
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Richard Prince’s Dorky White Anger
These are works you do not scrutinize or reflect upon because there is really not much to examine, much less think about.
Art
An Artist’s Soul, Out at Sea
Zarina’s collages evoke the intense yearnings of a migrant in search of a home.
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The Emergence of a Brash Young Painter
A large exhibition like Devan Shimoyama’s at the Andy Warhol Museum inevitably puts great pressure on a very young artist. It also offers a marvelous challenge for reviewers.
Art
The Anti-Caravaggio
Pontormo’s figures, though illuminated in godliness, are invariably human in their proportions and hushed in their emotions.
Art
In Miami, a Fair for Artists from Africa and the African Diaspora Shines Again
The Prizm Art Fair, which consistently shows great work, has finally been given the room to breathe.
Art
The Athens Biennale Negligently Satirizes the Aesthetics of the Alt-Right
In Athens, a biennale offers a critique of humanism, Marxism, capitalism, identity politics, and everything in between, but fails to explore pragmatic solutions.