Art
Dawoud Bey Photographs the Living to Honor Children Killed in Birmingham in 1963
These portraits are not displayed in memoriam. They're full of life.
Review
Art
Watering the Imagination at the Spring Break Art Show
Even if the overall theme seems unrelated to much of the work on display, this art show has a way of allowing curators and artists to realize their own unique visions.
Art
A Game in Which David Lynch Teaches You How to Type
In the truly Lynchian game, the director gives you instructions like, "place your 'Left Ring Finger' in the undulating bug next to your keyboard."
Art
Searching for Trends at the Armory Show with Empty Pockets and a Drink in Hand
The strength of the Armory Show — now in its 24th year — is that, just like a mall, I know exactly what to expect when I go there.
Art
Tania Bruguera’s Once-Censored Installation Measures the Distance Between Words and Things
First created for the Havana Biennial in 2000, Bruguera's installation-performance is a critique of the totalitarian structures that impact people's daily lives.
Art
Jean-Luc Godard's Models for a Scuttled Exhibition Are Artworks in Their Own Right
An exhibition at Miguel Abreu Gallery gathers the intricate and rewarding models Godard created for a 2006 exhibition at the Centre Pompidou that never came to pass.
Art
With a Microscope and Sketchbook, a Pioneering Neuroscientist Magnified the Brain’s Mysteries
NYU's Grey Art Gallery is exhibiting 80 drawings by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the "father of modern neuroscience" who used art to reveal the anatomy of the brain.
Film
How the Black Audio Film Collective Remixed Fact and Fiction
Active between 1982 and 1998, the collective made over a dozen films about the personal and political experiences of people of color living in Britain.
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.
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.