Art
A Puzzle Game Inspired by the Mathematics of Islamic Art
Engare by Iranian developer Mahdi Bahrami is a game of geometry and motion, inspired the tessellations that often adorn Islamic art and architecture.
Review
Art
An Artist Who Made Her Personal Life Central to Her Art
Anna Maria Maiolino's first major US retrospective is as much about the progression of a career as about the progression of a life.
Film
Animals Cope with Apocalypse in a Hand-Drawn Animated Film
Alberto Vázquez's Birdboy seeks a visual language for dealing with adult themes through traditionally childlike devices.
Art
Overcoming Daily Life with Nayland Blake’s Daily Drawings
In drawing every day for nearly three years, Blake has produced a playful diaristic record of their moods and flights of fancy.
Performance
The Brooklyn Ballet’s Nutcracker Raises the Barre on Diversity
A Nutcracker that keeps the wintertime magic of Tchaikovsky's opulent score, while speaking the language of Brooklyn.
Film
In The Shape of Water, Small Acts of Rebellion Make a Splash
Guillermo del Toro's latest film, about a mute cleaning woman who liberates and falls in love with a humanoid amphibian monster, is intimate in scale but tells a potent story of empowerment.
Art
The Eccentric Architecture of Queens in Photographs
All the Queens Houses is a photographic survey by Rafael Herrin-Ferri that explores the idiosyncratic architecture of NYC's most diverse borough.
Film
An Experimental Softcore Porn Series Is Revived in Japan
Last year, Nikkatsu rebooted its Roman Porno series with five new films, two of which are currently streaming on the platform Mubi.
Art
A Romanian Artist Tackles Art and Freedom in Authoritarian Times
Geta Brătescu's work positions the artist as a creator of freedom even in oppressive times.
Art
The Unbuilt Futuristic Architecture of New York City
Never Built New York at the Queens Museum explores almost two centuries of unrealized architecture through blueprints, drawings, a panorama, and a bouncy castle.
Art
Confronting the Hazards of Power in Photomontages of Recent Mass Protests
A tale about the hazards of power ties together a collection of large-scale photomontages of images from mass demonstrations around the US and Europe.
Art
Timely, Exciting Work by Women Artists at Miami Art Week
Visceral, tender, and sometimes frightening works by women brought dynamism and a huge range of perspectives to the fairs of Miami Art Week.