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.
Review
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 .
Books
Douglas Crase, Literary Subversive
The entire body of Crase’s writing invites the kind of close attention that is usually reserved for poetry.
Art
Peter Williams's Everyday American Hell
Williams has a deeply personal awareness of the irreparable harm done to black bodies.
Art
Melvin Way Holds the Keys to the Universe
Melvin Way’s finely crafted, befuddling works demand to be understood on their own terms. But just what are they?
Art
Making Art from Global Trade Routes
Hugh Scott-Douglas takes viewers on a journey through the oceanic trade and zeroes in on the interference of bodies and labor in global transactions.