Music
Pop Fixations: St Vincent, Lorde, Taylor Swift, Portugal the Man
Three of these four albums count among 2017’s best, and they all share the same producer.
Review
Art
Conjuring the Demons and Mysteries of Society through Painting
For Collage as Painting, Kate Abercrombie and Trevor Winkfield look at mysterious, esoteric, and sometimes troubling aspects of everyday life.
Art
Painting the Sky on Sunday
Byron Kim's diaristic texts offer a bird’s-eye view of his life — the youth soccer games, the dinner parties, the glum and the optimistic moods, the children going away to college.
Books
The Entirely Fake Villages Erected Around the World
The Potemkin Village is a phenomena that appears in countries all around the world.
Film
Loving Vincent Is a Visually Dazzling But Weak Story About van Gogh
In short, the visuals far outmaneuver the storyline.
Film
A Darkly Comic Animated Film Set on China's Urban-Rural Fringe
Have a Nice Day is a stark, ruthless, and true-to-life movie about people living on the urban-rural fringe of China today.
Art
Seeing Beyond Basquiat's Market Value
With Basquiat’s work transformed into an overhyped commodity, it can seem difficult to assess it for ourselves.
Books
Beguiling Photographs of Pancakes Cast As Moons
Can a book of pancake photographs lead you to question the power of images in general? Well, this one is pretty convincing.
Film
A Documentary Lays Bare the Absurdity of the Art Market
The Price of Everything, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, looks at the trends and gambles of the art market.
Art
The Renaissance of Renée Cox
In Soul Culture, Cox is again front and center, but also directs our attention to a cast of colorful characters who include her peers, protégés, and sons Tosh and Ziggy.
Books
A Visual Typology of Japanese Logos
Japanese design often stands apart from design in other countries because it seems to follow its own path.
Art
Ebony Patterson Searches for the Lives of the Unknown Dead in a Jamaica Massacre
Patterson, a native Jamaican, raises a litany of questions around the unidentified dead in the 2010 Tivoli Incursion in Kingston.