Art
The Surprising Eloquence of Mass-Produced Materials
Jessica Vaughn's show of restrained conceptual works subtly evokes the experiential dimension of mass-produced objects.
Review
Art
Measuring the Worth of Renaissance Art in Cows
Relative Values: The Cost of Art in the Northern Renaissance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art uses the cost of a cow to consider the worth of 16th-century objects.
Art
Toward an Invisible Architecture
A pioneer of electronic sculptural art, Juan Downey made a splash in 1960s and '70s New York when he rigorously critiqued Eurocentric views of Latin American identity.
Music
Genuine Alternatives: The War on Drugs, Fever Ray, Julien Baker, Moses Sumney
Four new albums go from a bland, booming pastiche of rock noises to questioning notions of coupledom and the possibility of love.
Art
The Gritty Poetry of Elizabeth Murray’s Paintings
Murray was having fun while making art, which is practically a sin, even now.
Art
Mark Bradford's Gettysburg Address
Bradford's installation at the Hirshhorn Museum takes as its subject the ways we think, and ultimately don't think, about history.
Art
Architectonic Collage in Two and Three Dimensions
Sharon Lawless’s visual dynamics are so vigorous you can almost hear them rattle, bang, churn and chug.
Art
An Artist’s Light-Filled Tribute to J.M.W. Turner
In Ellen Harvey’s Nostalgia, the spiritual and the secular converge into a beatific, nature-based sublime.
Books
In New Photo Books, a Strong Sense of Place
Three new photography books explore a sweep of places and events from Cuba to the studio floor.
Art
Art Among the Ruins
Daniel John Gadd is Elizabeth Murray’s spiritual heir, with a difference.
Film
Water as a Cinematic Metaphor for the Tides of Time
In Kambui Olujimi’s short film Where Does the Time Go..., water is an apt analogy for the concept of time.
Books
Portraits from One of the Last Traveling Sideshows in the United States
For Tickets, photographer Hunter Barnes went on the road with the World of Wonders, one of the last traveling sideshows in the United States.