Art
Daniel Zeller's Cyberpunk Abstractions
Zeller is a cartographer of alien surfaces — recording something between skin and machine, reptile and vegetation, thermal imaging and imaginary highways.
Review
Art
Susanna Coffey Studies the Nature of Portraiture
For years, Coffey has produced modestly scaled self-portraits with not a brushstroke of flattery.
Art
Van Gogh’s Japanese Idyll
Through willful imitation of Japanese art, van Gogh became the van Gogh we know, perhaps the world’s most famous painter.
Music
Rap Futurism: Cupcakke, Ski Mask and the Slump God, Playboi Carti, and Kanye West
The future of rap lies in silliness, absurdism, functionalism, and sonic delight.
Art
Jasper Johns' Life and Work: A Conversation Between John Yau, Martha Wilson, and William Villalongo
Who gets remembered and how?
Film
Overcoming Isolation Through Mukbang, the Subculture Where People Watch You Eat
Pam Nasr's short film Clams Casino centers on a young woman struggling to reconnect with her mother but successfully connecting to thousands of viewers and eaters online.
Art
In the Land of Guns, Masculinity, Whiteness, and Power Are Often Inseparable
The exhibition, which consists of photography culled from the Addison Gallery of American Arts’s collection, demonstrates that the gun exists as an ideal, a prop for power, a tool, and as a metaphor.
Art
Art that Resists Being Pigeonholed by Nationality
A recent exhibition presents the work of three Turkish artists connected through material and conceptual strands through modern and contemporary periods.
Performance
A Performance Artist’s Tests of Endurance Honor the Black Female Body
As an artist, Ayana Evans challenges audiences not just to observe Black women’s struggles but to feel them.
Art
The Tactile Pull of Keith Smith's Book Art
An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art features Smith's many and manifold book artworks.
Books
The Histories of Ten Colors Through Multiple Lenses
Rather than merely tracing a visual history of determined hues, On Color considers them across multiple disciplines, including film and literature.
Art
The Radical Work of Women Artists in Latin America from 1960 to ‘85
Radical Women shares the work of 120 Latin American and Latina artists from 15 different countries during times of intense political and social unrest.