Art
A Painter of a Different Magnitude
Catherine Murphy makes paintings that get under my skin, that haunt me, that seem inexhaustible and mysterious.
Review
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.
Art
Emory Douglas's Language of Revolution
Douglas’s historical and new works, shown alongside pieces by younger artists, draw a line of influence between the two generations and establish a community of shared concerns.
Art
Derrick Adams's Transmissions on Art and Black Identity
Adams's artworks have a compelling sense of incompleteness, as the viewer is pressed to consider what is missing within his representations.
Art
50 Years of a Beloved Detroit Artist's Hauntingly Weird Paintings
Featuring an alter ego named Jonny Strange and "a dragon called Raoul", a retrospective of Jon Strand's mind-boggling work is on view at Wayne State University Art Gallery.
Film
A Surrealist Filmmaker's Legacy of Feminism and Cinematic Innovation
Germaine Dulac may have just been too far ahead of her time as a queer woman filmmaker, and too prodigious in her output to receive proper recognition in any category.
Art
Why Grown-Ups Should Play With Artists' Books Designed for Kids
A gloriously tactile exhibit at the Center for Book Arts offers a refreshing sense of playfulness in this age of anxiety.
Film
The Anarchic Movies of Ronald Rice, a 1960s Underground Filmmaker Who Died at 29
With just a handful of films to his name, Rice is a seminal, if little seen, New York filmmaker who embraced a rowdy improvisational approach.
Art
The Unsung Heroes of Burning Man Go Unnoticed
A host of creative, kind, brave, funny people go unsung in No Spectators, which is centered on a narrow, affluent segment of the Burning Man population.
Film
Searching Is the Latest Movie to Be Told Entirely on a Computer Screen
In Searching, a man begins scouring his daughter's computer and social media presence after she goes missing.
Art
150 Phalluses in Feminist Art Today
In the Cut is a seductive and enigmatic mental play in which it becomes possible, inescapable in fact, to glimpse the world through a feminine lens.
Art
The Luminous Effects of a Light and Space Painter
It is Mary Corse’s use of the humble paint brush that allows the viewer to become sensitive to how light is dispersed in the space they occupy.