Film
Mockumentary Series Documentary Now! Makes a Brilliant Parody of Marina Abramović
Tonight's episode, "Waiting for the Artist," is the perfect introduction to this odd and wonderful show.
Review
Film
A Filmmaker's Journey Through His Mother's Jamaica
Khalik Allah’s Black Mother looks at maternity as a symbol, using it to understand various subjects in Jamaica.
Books
Etel Adnan, the Eternal Voyager, Captured in a New Biography
Author Kaelen Wilson-Goldie reveals the radical power of abstract painter Etel Adnan’s life and work in a new book.
Film
The Origins of the Colombian Drug Trade Told Through an Indigenous Family's Eyes
The female-forward characters and the matrilineal Wayúu tribe the movie orbits have gone surprisingly under-explored by film critics.
Books
The Real Life Dilemma of an Artist with Bipolar Disorder
Yet at age 19, Rachel Lindsay was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and then realized that upon graduating, she had to be shackled to a corporate job that would provide steady income and much coveted health benefits.
Film
A New Documentary Unveils Remarkable Footage of the Apollo 11 Mission
The astonishing documentary Apollo 11 cobbles together forgotten footage shot by NASA employees and uncatalogued audio recordings from personnel who worked on the Apollo program.
Books
Can This System Hold the “Keys” to Modern Art?
Simon Morley's new book presents a seven-tiered analytical framework that aims to make even the most inscrutable works of modern art accessible.
Art
Paintings that Capture Our Ever-Changing Perceptions of Boyhood
Enrique Martínez Celaya distills how the concept of "the boy" changes with judgement and time, just as painting itself is linked to materials and history.
Art
Finding Connections Between a 1960s Artist Commune and an Ancient Mayan Community
Beatriz Cortez has created a space that feels both freshly futuristic and profoundly ancient.
Art
Interactive Art Illuminates Our Relationship to the Sun
Daniel Rozin challenges us to explore how we interact with and perceive the sun in a fascinating new show.
Art
A Cat Woman Guides an Unusual, Interactive Tour of the Walt Disney Concert Hall
As someone deeply skeptical of technologically aided “interactive” art, I found this to be a thoroughly novel and captivating experience.
Books
An Author's Ode to Eyelashes
In place of the Surrealists’ obsession with the eye, poet and visual artist Tiziana La Melia’s debut collection adopts the eyelash as an emblem.