Books
Dick Higgins: Avant Garde Provocateur and Philosopher
Higgins was a participant observer of outrageous innovations in art, music, poetry, performance, and independent publishing for decades beginning in the 1960s.
Review
Art
Art of Clay and Steel in the City of New Orleans
Although George Dunbar and William Monaghan differ in visibility and style, they are both prodigal sons who have left this city and then returned to it.
Art
Kara Walker Invites You to a Public Hanging
Walker’s installation “Virginia’s Lynch Mob” evokes a latter-day Saturnalia, turning the world upside-down.
Books
Sweet Little Cunt, a Long Overdue Tribute to Cartoonist Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet's 1990’s comic series Dirty Plotte was wildly imaginative and raucous, pulled no punches, and teetered constantly and surreally on the delicious edge between gross and fascinating.
Art
Contemporary Visions of Mystical Indo-Persian Miniatures
The night of “Ascension,” one Islam’s most mystical and striking themes, has inspired Sikander, whose self-portraits are artistic manifestations of this magical journey.
Art
Stirring Images of Our Impact on the Environment
Anthropocene drives home the fact that climate change, ecological destruction, and species extinction are all present-day concerns, not consequences to be dealt with by our descendants.
Art
Remembering Sarah Cromarty's Painted Portals and Prophets
An exhibition pays tribute to the wondrous vision of a Los Angeles-based artist who died this year at the age of 37.
Art
Collage as Confession and the Fashioning of Black Gay Men
The Many Hats of Ralph Arnold: Art, Identity & Politics showcases the Black, gay artist's 1970s photocollages, which commented upon mass media portrayals of sexuality and race.
Art
Corot’s Portraits of Women Complicate His Place in Art History
Crossing the bridge to the free-form empiricism of the Impressionists, this show delights in the visual spectacle of life.
Art
Becky Suss Paints Wharton Escherick’s Dream-Like Home and Studio
Suss’s vibrant paintings celebrate the legacy of the painter, sculptor, and furniture maker known as the “Dean of American Craft.”
Film
In Roma, Alfonso Cuarón Reimagines His Childhood Through the Eyes of His Maid
The acclaimed director's new black-and-white drama, Roma, is a moving chronicle of family strife and class struggles in 1970s Mexico City.
Performance
Sketches from a Magical, Multimedia Opera Set in a Soaring Cathedral
Anthony Roth Costanzo has made it his mission to make classical music appealing to broader and younger audiences. It worked.