Art
Refreshingly Rough Wooden Sculptures, Carved with a Traditional Japanese Hatchet
Hirosuke Yabe's wooden sculptures jive with the jagged, accentuate accidents, and roll with the rough.
Review
Art
A New Type of Flâneur Strolls in Search of Humanity
I found myself considering a new type of flâneur while surrounded by the work of Bay Area artist Minoosh Zomorodinia.
Art
Intricate Artworks Show a Mother's Pain and Persistence
Kaitlyn Tucek draws in an effort to comprehend the failures within her child’s body.
Art
Rich and Varied Visions of Black Female Glamor
Two exhibitions in St. Louis explore very different but complementary visions of how Black women have redefined glamor.
Art
An Artist Lays Bare the Obsessive Process of Translating Her Father's Novel
As a translator myself, I found Asuka Goto's installation of annotated pages profoundly satisfying and, at times, anxiety-inducing.
Art
Jeffrey Gibson Designs Vibrant Garments to Confound Cultural Assumptions
At the 2018 Armory Show, the artist said he doesn't see his garments as clothes — he sees them as proposals.
Art
Looking Back at a Conceptual Artist Who Rejected Eurocentric Art History
On view at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Rasheed Araeen: A Retrospective illustrates how Rasheed Araeen used art as an arena for testing ideology, exploring the limits of conceptual and political approaches within visual media.
Books
The Women in Andy Warhol's Life, as Imagined by Hilton Als
Like Warhol's own work, Als's characterizations appear one-dimensional at first sight, but on closer observation, they take on a much more profound meaning.
Art
An Artist Carefully Catalogues His Late Mother's Possessions
Nick Flessa lays bare the possessions of his mother for the world to see, as they become both an index of her life story and her son’s grief.
Film
This Oscar-Winning Short Doc Animates the Life of an Unpretentious Artist
Mindy Alper, who has struggled with mental illness her whole life, uses drawing and papier-mâché sculpture for both therapy and communication.
Music
The Soaring Audio-Visual Art of Andrew Bird’s Live Show
With Echolocations, the folk musician and indie rocker has made site-specific performances a part of his live tour.
Art
Photographs Trace US Government Abuses, from Manzanar to Guantánamo
Concurrent shows at the International Center of Photography feature historical images of Japanese-American detention camps in the 1940s and Edmund Clark’s recent projects tracking the "War on Terror" and covert anti-terrorism programs .