Film
Frederick Wiseman Films the Humanity of a Midwestern Town in 2018
Monrovia, Indiana isn’t quite the scintillating investigation into life in a red state that audiences might expect.
Review
Performance
A Marxist Performance Pays Participants for Oversharing and Simulated Sex
The directed actions in Ivo Dimchev's P Project progressed from audience members dancing alone in front strangers to nude performers simulating sex.
Art
Approaching the Body Through Touch Instead of Vision
Juliana Cerqueira Leite’s current show posits touch above all other sense.
Art
A Window Into the Lives of Women Living in Cairo
Though at times seeming incomplete, Judith Barry's exhibition lends space to the otherwise untold stories of women in Cairo.
Art
Aria Dean Searches for an “Ontology of Blackness”
In Dean's works, we shuttle between experiences as personally lived and the sweeping generalizations of the media and historical modernism.
Film
Chris Marker’s Little-Known TV Series on Ancient Greece
Marker’s The Owl’s Legacy presents a complex portrait of Ancient Greece in 13 episodes that revolve around single words.
Art
Reality and Artifice Collide at Gowanus Open Studios
Collage was the process of choice at this year's open studios, mashing up decades, styles, processes, and technologies across works.
Film
A Neorealist Portrait of Black Single Motherhood in Post-Recession Florida
In his latest film, Life and Nothing More, Spanish director Antonio Méndez Esparza employed non-professional actors and documentary realism to create a moving study of race, class, and familial bonds in America.
Art
Condensing Years of Internet Browsing History into a Single Frame
Kazuki Umezawa's “internet landscapes” vividly capture the schizophrenic experience of the internet.
Art
Artists Reinterpret Classic Fairy Tales, from Rapunzel to Snow White
In Dread & Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World, 21 artists draw on age-old fantasy stories to explore contemporary social issues.
Art
A Video Game Shows the True Colors of Ancient Greece
For a video game that includes extraterrestrial beings and time travel, Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is shockingly faithful to what Ancient Greece looked like during its golden age.
Art
Generations of Indigenous Voices from New York State
What unites this patchwork exhibition is the land: The artists are all Native Americans whose ancestry is tied to the place now known as New York State.