Art
A Shop in LA Is Selling Art Objects Cast with Spells
The objects in Lazaros's Astral Oracles correspond to a spell cast by the artist, who is himself a spiritual practitioner.
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Art
The Power of Artists’ Books to Bind Together Radical Ideas
An exhibition at the Getty Research Institute illustrates the myriad ways that contemporary artists have pushed the boundaries and definitions of the book.
Art
Revisiting the Profound Joy and Pain of Girlhood
Life in My Pocket is a simulacrum of Diamond Stingily's childhood: chain-link fences, a weathered basketball hoop, and looped telephone cords — perfect for jumping rope.
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Latinx Artists Are Highlighted for the First Time in a Group Show at the Whitney
In the wake of last year's Pacific Standard Time LA/LA, Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay at the Whitney Museum continues Latinx art’s entry into New York City’s most iconic arts institutions.
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Liz Glynn’s Comforting Vision of a Dystopian Future
Liz Glynn's exhibit at Mass MoCA serves as a reminder of the value in our present moment, as we engage in the work without the distractions of the outside world.
Art
Technology Is Our New Nature
An exhibition of Native American artists points to the potential of technology when telling stories.
Art
How Susan Hiller Has Foregrounded Empathy in Her Art
This exhibition of Susan Hiller's 50 years of work, creates an environment that begs thinking about empathy and its role in making and viewing art.
Art
An Intimate Look at Charles and Ray Eames, from Their Creative Process to Their Home Life
The World of Charles and Ray Eames, which presents some 400 artifacts, is the first major survey of the Eameses since the 1990s.
Music
A Rap-Rock Hybrid that Rocks
The stylistic scramble of Bali Baby's Baylor Swift declines commercial polish in favor of rap as junkyard.
Art
A Less Explored Side of Jasper Johns
When I visited Johns a few months ago, I saw two works that led me on a search for paintings that did not neatly fit in with his larger oeuvre.
Art
A Painter of a Different Magnitude
Catherine Murphy makes paintings that get under my skin, that haunt me, that seem inexhaustible and mysterious.
Books
Marcel Proust’s Dream of Art
Proust’s mid-career struggles with writing led him to art criticism, which provides clues to the qualities prized by readers of In Search of Lost Time.