Art
The Joy and Loneliness of Michael Garland Clifford's First and Only Large-Scale Installation
The artist captured both unbridled joy and unseen loneliness, both the carefree follies of youth and, equally, the heartaches that come with them.
Review
Music
William Eggleston’s First Album Is Colored by Dream-Like Improvisations
Eggleston often cites Bach as his musical hero, and it shows.
Art
60-Second Digital Projects Push the Possibilities of Mobile Interactivity
Very Very Short is a series from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and ARTE of 10 web-based interactive projects.
Film
The Square Pushes Beyond the Frame of the Art World
Ruben Östlund’s deadpan film follows a contemporary art curator who repeatedly makes bad situations worse by deviating from the socially accepted script.
Books
An Illustrated Collection of Animal Inventories
The fine press bestiary features poems by Leonard Schwartz accompanied by Simon Carr's woodcuts.
Books
Charles North Shows Us How to Read without Relying on Theories
North pays close attention to what is in front of him, never resorting to what he calls, in another context, a “theoretical program.”
Art
Trevor Winkfield’s Undomesticated Imagination
Winkfield’s combinations of forms are inexplicable, a seamless fusion of the sinister and innocent.
Music
Electronica Against Trump
Whether as respite, inspiration, distraction, or candy, music carries political utility simply by tapping the social value of pleasure.
Art
Peter Hujar's Elegy for New York City in the 1980s
Hujar’s photographs document the effervescent creative spirit that pulsed through the East Village as the AIDS crisis unfolded.
Art
Delicate and Detailed Paper Sculptures by Chinese Migrants Detained in the US
An exhibition at the Museum of Chinese in America chronicles the tragedy of the Golden Venture, a ship carrying 286 undocumented immigrants from China that ran aground in New York City in 1993.
Art
A Giant Robot Artwork Built to Bend Over Border Walls
Chico MacMurtie’s border-crossing robot serves a poetic and political function.
Art
Artists Build a Lush Landscape Where Diversity Takes Root
In this lush setting where water lilies grow, multiple races, sexualities, classes, and desires can coexist.