Art
A Year in the Life of Pablo Picasso
An exhibition at the Musée National Picasso in Paris tracks the artist's life and work, month-to-month, in 1932.
Review
Art
A Somber Commemoration of the Partition of India, 70 Years Later
Zarina Hashmi speaks directly to the ongoing impact of the upheavals resulting from Partition.
Books
A Trove of Dadaist Fun Is Reissued
As part of the Dada centennial celebrations, Ugly Duckling Presse has published a 1000-copy, boxed-set, limited-edition facsimile of the two editions of The Blind Man, called The Blind Man: New York Dada, 1917.
Books
An Artist Repatriates the Body of Julia Pastrana, an Indigenous Mexican Woman Exhibited as a “Freak”
A new book chronicles how artist Laura Anderson Barbata led the repatriation and burial of Julia Pastrana, a 19th-century indigenous Mexican woman exhibited in life and death for her excessive hair.
Art
Mary Heilmann Disrupts the Rigid Systems of Abstraction
Heilmann’s paintings gleefully haunt those artworks which make claims on purity, autonomy, or clarity.
Art
How Photography Developed Argentina's Modern Identity
An illuminating exhibition at the Getty reveals how photography created and perpetuated a national imaginary in Argentina.
Film
Black Mirror's "Black Museum" Episode Is a Revenge Fantasy That Comes Up Short
In this popular episode, we're presented with a symbolic reckoning against a system that remains unscathed.
Art
The Life of Kathleen White as Told Through Her Art and Nan Goldin’s Photographs
A pair of exhibitions at Pioneer Works showcases Kathleen White's commemorative artworks incorporating the hair of deceased friends and Nan Goldin's photographs of White, who died in 2014.
Art
Barbara Hammer Refuses the Male Gaze in 1970s Photographs
Hammer came out in 1970 and her work during that period feels tied to her declaration of independence from social norms.
Art
How Fashion Has Constricted Women’s Bodies Over 250 Years
An exhibit at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology looks at society's obsession with the body through garments from the late 1700s to our time.
Art
The Story of NYC Trash Through Art and Artifacts
The City Reliquary in Brooklyn is exploring centuries of trash in New York City, and the artists and groups who have responded to it.
Art
Documenting Experiences of Mecca Both Sacred and Irreverent
Ahmed Mater: Mecca Journeys at the Brooklyn Museum is an exhibition that examines the confrontation between the authentic and imagined Mecca, and of pilgrims with the tourism industry.