Art
Seducing the Viewer to Have a Roll in the Hay at the Louvre Lens
The exhibition Love is like a series of loosely related theory or fiction discussions that become most interesting when they overreach to the point of self-contradiction.
Review
Art
The Relentless Efforts of Maren Hassinger Result in an Overdue Retrospective
Maren Hassinger’s retrospective The Spirit of Things at the Baltimore Museum of Art not only validates her career but indicates something about our current political moment.
Performance
Rafa Esparza’s Latest Performance Uses Google Maps as a Time Machine
In his recent performance at Participant Inc, Rafa Esparza takes the audience through land and memory with the help of Google Maps.
Art
Curators Strive to Transcend National Borders at the Gwangju Biennale
The next step following the biennale's North Korean Art exhibition would be to promote interpersonal communication between North Korean artists and others from the outside world.
Art
A David Lynch-Like Show Revolves Around the Remains of a Turkey Named Lola
Graem Whyte’s installation represents iconic, deeper-cut aspects of the Twin Peaks canon, offering up “moments of sublime mystery.”
Art
The Stakes Are High for a Museum in the Holy Land
A museum in Jerusalem addresses skeptics who doubt the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth.
Art
Five Centuries of Play Between Word and Image
Word and Image at the Dallas Museum of Art emphasizes just how varied the art and technology of print can be.
Art
The Hits and Misses of Santa Fe's Much-Anticipated SITE Biennial
Despite curatorial missteps, 2018's SITE Santa Fe contributes to an ongoing and timely conversation in the Americas about identity, displacement, and colonialism.
Art
A Contemporary Art Museum Reopens With Promise in Toronto
Rapidly rising rents led to the shuttering of the former MOCCA, pushing curator David Liss to find a new building for an expanded mission.
Art
Bringing Back Op with a World of Zigzags, Sunbursts, and Bullseyes
Liz Collins' new solo show at LMAK Gallery is full of dynamic dualities: works both hard and soft, chaotic and orderly, three-dimensional and flat.
Performance
A Newer, Queerer Rendition of Oscar Wilde's Salomé
Oscar Wilde's oft-misunderstood, rarely-performed tragedy about the beheading of St. John the Baptist gets new life at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn.
Art
Artists Confront the Radioactive Landscapes of the United States
Hot Spots: Radioactivity and the Landscape at UB Art Galleries in Buffalo examines the nuclear past and future of the United States.