Art
A True Renegade Painter
The humor running through Sally Webster’s paintings can be goofy and good-natured. The intensity of her devotion to detail makes them more than that.
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Art
Edvard Munch’s World Without Pity
Munch absorbed avant-garde styles but never became an avant-garde artist.
Art
The Atmospheric, Earthy Art of Ignacio Iturria
Iturria’s art is shot through with melancholy, nostalgia, romance, gentle humor, and an abiding sense of curiosity about what makes people tick.
Music
The Quintessential Millennial Romance Album
Khalid, a 19-year-old vocal prodigy, looks at millennial culture and doesn’t see hedonism; it’s just life.
Art
Françoise Grossen's Gift of Quietude
Grossen's rope sculptures complicate the boundary between art and craft in a productive way.
Art
Surreal Scenes of the American West Ingeniously Rendered in Wood
Alison Elizabeth Taylor's intricate marquetry yields uncanny scenes and complex visual effects.
Books
Photographs of Men Who Believe They Are Christ's Second Coming
For The Last Testament, Jonas Bendiksen photographed seven men from around the world who each believe they are the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Art
Dalí and Duchamp’s Lasting Friendship, and the Art It Might’ve Inspired
For the first time, an exhibition explores these artists' friendship and the visual parallels within their distinct work.
Books
The Desolate Spanish Province Where Hollywood Westerns Were Filmed
Mark Parascandola's photos tell the strange, melancholy story of the erection, disintegration, and repurposing of the 1960s film sets.
Art
The Unfortunate Timeliness of Joseph Beuys
An exhibition covering major bodies of work reveals his urgent resonance for our troubled times.
Art
Toppling the White Man on the Pedestal
Doreen Garner and Kenya (Robinson)'s two-person exhibition examines the bloody history of white male supremacy and evokes the notion of karmic retribution.
Art
When Beauty Is a Draw and a Diversion
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones has discovered the benefits of unique stylization: objects and figures can be made in such a mannered way that they become visual metaphors, flexible in their vagueness.