Art
A Family Portrait in Ash
The artist uses his relatives' funerary ashes, bone fragments, and old photos to explore a complex family history.
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Art
Finding Birds Among the Ruins of an Historical Archive
In Petrit Halilaj’s current exhibition at the New Museum the artist again explores matters of excavation as a means to explore issues of nationality.
Art
Realizing Paul Klee’s Influence on American Abstraction
A sense of irrepressible exuberance that makes Klee’s work singular in the history of modern art infuses two current exhibitions of his work in Switzerland.
Books
An Enigmatic Literary Icon of Modern China
Although Lu Xun eventually cast his lot with the communist revolutionaries, he took a dim view of literature that attempted to recover a national identity or culture.
Books
Urban Poems of Yearning and Heartbreak
John Godfrey’s poems are like pointillistic patterns more than traditional narratives, suggesting an attitude over a story.
Books
Mónica de la Torre's Poems Reimagine an Iconic Martin Kippenberger Artwork
In these enigmatic poems, de la Torre’s mode of direct address seeks to put the reader into a trance.
Art
The Contemporary Oddities of the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive
LACA's non-circulating collection is an ever-expanding project, encompassing documents and ephemera from contemporary artists, researchers, and writers working in and around Los Angeles.
Books
Expect Catastrophe in Poems Built from Tension
In Heisenberg's Salon, Susan Lewis reveals the irrational lurking within every gesture, symbol, structure, and sentiment.
Art
Painting as Total Environment
Laura Owens, Keltie Ferris, Rachel Rossin, and Trudy Benson are exploring hybrid paintings that rival sculpture in their tactility, illusion, and physical depth.
Art
An Early Modernist Master of Light Moves into the Spotlight
His best-known work runs for a jaw-dropping nine years, 127 days, and 18 hours, and it was exhibited alongside works by Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Clyfford Still at the Museum of Modern Art.
Art
How to Have Interesting Weight
The relationships that emerge in Françoise Grossen's work feel like they matter.
Art
A Deeply Modern Cuban Artist Who Connected with the Divine
Rafael Soriano's richly colored works possess mysterious geometries that reflect his connection to the divine.