Art
Anya Gallaccio’s Organic Mementos Mori
The artist reminds us that decay is full of energy — not just an ending, but part of an endless circle of life.
Review
Art
A Psychedelic Trip Into the Human Body
Meeson Pae’s work creates safe space to contend with the phenomenon of our biological inner-workings and the opulent worlds they create.
Art
Two Artists’ Very Different Places in Nature
The show Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson traces the ways that the two artists’ sociopolitical positions shaped their perspectives.
Art
For Yoshitomo Nara, Home Is Where Unease Is
The artist’s work revolves around the notion of displacement, some of it cultural, much of it the broader angst and rebellion of adolescence.
Film
The Secret Life of Suzanne Césaire
Merging the filmmaking process with snippets of the protagonist's life and words,The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire blurs distinctions between past and present.
Art
Emily Nelligan’s Self-Portraits of Place
In charcoal and ink, the artist tends to the land with the intimate repetition of a life-long student.
Art
The Eternal Dance Between Beauty and Decay
A London show examines the concept of beauty and its inevitable decay across pan-historical, pan-geographical, and pan-religious examples.
Books
The Beautiful Pagan Soul of Piero di Cosimo
A new book provides an ideal introduction to a Renaissance painter largely known only to specialists, but who was counted among the most important of his generation.
Film
Kaos Draws From Art History to Tell Its Story
The Netflix show relies on a heavy dose of high fashion and Western art to bring the chaotic world of Ancient Greek mythology to life.
Books
When Writing Criticism Feels Like Pouring Time Down the Sink
Reflecting on her own reactions to Chantal Akerman’s namesake film, Christine Smallwood muses on the personal baggage we inevitably bring to the art we consume.
Art
Artists Embrace the Monsters That We Make
Real or imagined, the monsters envisioned in the show Among Monsters do not exist without us.
Art
Manny Vega Tells the Stories of El Barrio
The artist created many mosaics and murals around East Harlem in celebration of important figures in Puerto Rican and Latinx communities.