Art
Looking for Leonardo in Verrocchio's Studio
Leonardo’s hand is fleshed out in this exhibition, but so is that of Lorenzo di Credi, Jacopo del Sellaio, and other workshop assistants to whom no name can be attached.
Review
Art
Instagram Cats
Sharon Butler’s new paintings based on iPad drawings are telling you, quite frankly, that surfaces matter.
Books
The View from the NY Art Book Fair Zine Tent: 8 Zines You Want to Know About
This year's zinesters brought some of the most playful, provocative, and interesting items on display, and here are some notable picks.
Art
Imagining a Photo Archive of the American West When Mexico Ruled the Land
Because images of the West were created after 1848, we have few visual references to the region during its Mexican era. One artist wants to correct that art historical schism.
Art
How the Fusion of Photography, Collage, and Printing Present a Portrait of Wallace Berman
A small exhibition of Wallace Berman’s Verifax collages and photographs from the mid- to late-1960s operates like music in establishing a theme and exploring it through several variations.
Art
Perversely Romantic Encounters with Death’s Inevitability
An obviously keen eye and dry sense of humor is behind this throng of carved skulls decorated with precious stones, skeletons, amulets, rosaries, and engravings from Europe and Asia.
Art
Chicanx Artists Challenge the Mythology of the Alamo
In The Other Side of the Alamo: Art Against the Myth, artists reflect on how the so-called "Shrine of Texas Liberty" reinforces a narrative of Anglo hegemony over the American southwest.
Film
These Virtual Reality Films Are Blazing a New Trail in Storytelling and Art
Strap on a headset and find yourself on a flooding island halfway around the world or in the body of a Homeland Security interrogator.
Books
In Passing for Human, Liana Finck Illustrates Her Search for Selfhood
The New Yorker cartoonist calls her new graphic memoir "a neurological coming-of-age story."
Art
Remembering Robert F. Kennedy's Funeral Train, 50 Years Later
In The Train: RFK's Last Journey, an exhibition at Les Recontres d'Arles, photographs shot from RFK's funeral train in June of 1968 take on new political relevance.
Film
Jill Magid’s Epic Quest to Unlock Luis Barragán’s Archives Is Now a Movie
The Proposal chronicles the artist's attempts at accessing the architect's archives, which famously involved exhuming some of his ashes.
Film
Filming California’s Oldest Freeway and the Communities It Traverses
Communion Los Angeles visits the different communities the 110 is carved through, from the mountains to the sea.