Art
Artists Remix and Riff Off Oberlin’s Architecture
As part of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, artists have transformed the Oberlin College campus with sculptural reflections on architecture.
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Alison Bechdel’s Mission to Make Lesbian Culture Visible Through Comics
A new retrospective charts the graphic novelist's journey from her dysfunctional family's funeral home to being appointed Vermont's Cartoonist Laureate in 2017.
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Exquisite Scrolls that Unravel Imaginary Journeys
Anne Gilman's super-sized scrolls feel like hand-drawn maps, perhaps charting a journey through a metaphysical region.
Books
Documenting the Journeys of Syrian Refugees in Comics
Escaping Wars and Waves culls Olivier Kugler's contributions to Harper's, Le Monde diplomatique, The New Yorker, and more.
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Ellen Berkenblit’s Outcasts, Animals, and Body Parts
Berkenblit’s mastery is the visual equivalent of someone who can write fluently in three different languages.
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The Making of an American Original
In the age of 40-character electronic announcements and Instagram, Kathy Butterly has slowed looking down to a snail’s pace.
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Paintings Glimpsed from a Taxi
Stephen Westfall seems to be the geometric painter who cannot do variations on a motif, which gives his work an interesting twist.
Music
Mitski's Eclectic Emo
The New York folk-punk singer writes short, scary songs with holes and twists and choruses that never repeat, and unexpected endings.
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.
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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.
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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.