Art
The Politics of Representing Landscapes
Unsettled, an exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art, in Reno, explores how artists have interpreted the dramatic landscapes of the western edge of the American continents.
Review
Art
The Expanded Listening Experience of a Polyphonic Sound Installation
With just a bit of attention, one can enjoy radically spatialized music, with voice and sounds experienced in ways far different to stereo listening.
Art
Eloquent Photo-portraits of 60 Contemporary Artists of Color
Elia Alba’s photo-portraits act as a kind of measure of the intimacy she has earned with her subjects.
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.
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.