Art
From the KKK to Darfur, Reflecting on Evil as a Deliberate Act
Evil: A Matter of Intent at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU features works from 1940 to the present, with each addressing evil in its various incarnations.
Review
Art
Peter Saul Knows What to Do with the President and a Hamburger
Some artists get the honor of having their work displayed in the White House, but chances are Saul will never be one of them.
Art
Hoot and Holler with Stanley Whitney
Whitney’s drawings cite influences from Harlem Renaissance literature to bebop.
Art
Vienna’s Prodigal Son
The talent and tumult of Richard Gerstl’s work beg the question of what would have been had he not ended his life.
Books
Good Vibrations: Prose Poetry as Stand-Up Comedy
In Jeremy Sigler's My Vibe offers refreshing honesty about failure within the system of calculation and profit.
Art
Robert Irwin's Drawings Without Marks
Irwin's unlit light fixture sculptures encourage us to see and contemplate the entire space, and ourselves within it, as elements of the art.
Art
The High Drama of Hot Color in a Field of Black
Jason Karolak’s colors grab your attention like flashing LEDs in a dark-as-midnight casino.
Art
A Fallen Brooklyn Elm Shaped into Objects That Reflect on Immigration
The Witness Tree Project asked RISD students to design objects reflecting on immigration, made from a fallen 150-year-old elm in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
Art
This Way to the First-Ever Show of Women Sign Painters
The Pre-Vinylette Society at the Chicago Art Department is an inspiring exhibition with a vibrant display of over 60 women sign painters from nine countries around the world.
Art
From Immigrant Stories to Environmental Dread, EXPO Chicago Gets Dark
The Midwest's mega-fair seems less concerned with the bottom line, making space for politics.
Art
An Off-Kilter Homage to Boston's 18th-Century Quaker Architecture
Mark Reigelman II's colorful public art piece is made up of 20 different parts using traditional woodworking techniques.
Art
An Exhibition About Revolution that Keeps Faith with Ringgold
It is a great irony that the Faith Ringgold's first public commission was effectively imprisoned for over 40 years, but this situation raises valuable questions regarding our notions of the public and how that public is served.