Art
When a Painter Enacts a Ritual
There is a ceremonial aspect to the way Alison Hall makes these works, from the sanding of the plaster to the painting of the surface, to the drawing of the dots, to whatever she does next.
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Art
Alison Saar Breaches the Legacy of Environmental Racism
By illustrating the impact that the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 had on Southern black communities, Saar exposes a neglected history and its resonance with environmental racism.
Art
Women Artists Working with Technology
This rigorous exhibition uses art to critique the stereotype that men and technology go hand in hand
Art
The Undiscovered Ceramic Art of Stanley Rosen
Stanley Rosen’s ceramic sculpture is like a country that many of us never knew was there until now.
Art
The Iconoclastic Kinship of Kiefer and Rodin
In the new exhibition Kiefer Rodin, Anselm Kiefer draws a straight line between himself and the grand old man of French sculpture.
Books
The Man Who Spent 60 Years Photographing the North American Railroad
Essential Witness features photographs from Jim Shaugnessy's 60 years documenting the evolution of the North American railroad.
Books
Aleksandra Mir Delves into the Mysteries of the Universe
Mir shares the interviews she conducted with 16 space scientists and academics, many of whom helped to inform her series of black-and-white drawings of space travel.
Art
From Bullets to a Banquet, Political Works in Clay
Emily Marchand's and Lena Wolek's clay works at NowSpace are funny and grim, dystopian yet joyous.
Art
Summer Comes to a Close in Paintings of a Modern Arcadia
The intrepid painter Graham Nickson has explored a time-honored theme, the ideal world of Arcadia, making images that are, at once, entirely about the present and suggestive of traditional concepts of a pastoral, terrestrial paradise.
Books
Uncanny Images from an Investigation into Gef, a 1930s Talking Mongoose
In Gef!: The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose, Christopher Josiffe investigates a 1930s mystery on the Isle of Man.
Art
Oscar Murillo Hangs Black Flags in Palestinian East Jerusalem
Over the summer, Murillo, known for his monumental installations of black flags at the Venice Bienniale, came to Ras al-Amud to take this ongoing body of work, “The Institute of Reconciliation,” in a new direction.
Books
The Golden Age of the Illustrated Book Dust Jacket
The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970 chronicles the rise of the book dust jacket from disposable object to a creative platform for publishing design.