Art
Thomas Nozkowski, a Master Improviser
It is possible to imagine an essay devoted solely to the myriad ways Nozkowski uses paint.
Review
Books
A Russian Poet Recounts Literary Life in 1966
Soviet-era poet Igor Kholin describes social realities of life among the writers living in cultural exile outside Moscow.
Art
A Mega-Gallery Marks a Quarter Century
I remember David Zwirner Gallery back in the 1990s, before Chelsea, when the New York art world was much smaller and more manageable.
Art
A Portrait of the Lives of Workers in New York City's 2,483 Chinese Restaurants
A look at the daily lives of immigrants who make the city's ubiquitous Chinese restaurants possible.
Film
The Creativity of Pre-Digital Animation in the 1970s and ’80s
A program of experimental American animation at the Quad is a gift, and a riotous romp through a pre-digital creative movement.
Art
Treasures of the Master Drawings Fair, from a Surprising Portrait to a Strange Dreamscape
I have developed some affection for the enterprise, which is much more diffuse than other New York fairs.
Film
A Yayoi Kusama Documentary Tracks a Life in Polka Dots
Kusama – Infinity spotlights both the artist's radically successful career and how art can be a method of healing.
Art
Using Mirrors to See van Eyck Reflected in the Pre-Raphaelites
This exhibition demonstrates Van Eyck’s influence on the Pre-Raphaelite through visual comparisons which satisfyingly reveal a complex relationship between two otherwise disparate art movements.
Film
Female Filmmakers Intimately Tell Women's Stories
A new series at Metrograph features documentaries made by women directors — from Chantal Akerman and Peggy Ahwesh to Yvonne Rainer and Claire Simon — about women's lives.
Books
Performing European Traditions in the US and Reviving American Myths in Europe
In her book EUSA, photographer Naomi Harris documents Bavarian and Danish festivals in the US, Wild West theme parks in Europe, and other reciprocal cross-Atlantic cultural rituals.
Art
A Game Takes You Into Deep Dreaming
Ultimately, Black Room is able to balance the personal and the impersonal, linear progressions, and dream logic.
Art
A Mother-Child Bunk Bed Becomes a Symbol of Commodification
Altogether, Amy Lien's and Enzo Camacho's installation presents a disturbing view of the current state of pressures on the mother-child relationship, which can end up with material goods taking the place of intimacy.