Art
A Climate Change Bakery Serving Coal Treats Is Coming to Gowanus
Artist Spencer Merolla's "Coal Comforts" is a pop-up bakery serving treats made from coal ash to encourage dialogue on climate change and pollution.
Review
Art
The Few But True Artists Committed to Community
Constant as the Sun at the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art impels us to interrogate what people mean when they say the word “we.”
Art
The German Art Collector Who Introduced the “Blue Four” Artists to the US
After leaving Germany in 1924, Galka Scheyer dedicated her life to circulating the artwork of the interwar European avant-garde in the United States.
Art
A Border Crossing Simulation Probes Virtual Reality’s Ethical Limitations
Alejandro González Iñárritu's immersive triptych at LACMA offers visitors the opportunity to experience the treacherous journey across the border between the US and Mexico.
Art
Otherworldly Sound Art that Repels and Attracts
Massimo Bartolini’s Four Organs, at the Fondazione Merz, is an exhibition that forms an intoxicating experience of sound.
Art
Bringing the Theatricality of Magic and Comedy to Art
Lindsey White, a recipient of SFMOMA's 2017 SECA Art Award, challenges assumptions and orthodoxies in irreverent photographs, sculptures, and installations.
Film
Standout Shorts from the Toronto International Film Festival
The festival has a choice selection of experimental works under its Wavelengths banner, from a documentary about Standing Rock to a film on black activist poetry in Detroit.
Art
Exploring Blackness in Enigmatic, Black-and-White Fragments
Kameelah Janan Rasheed’s exhibition on Governors Island is overwhelming in its maximalism as it attempts to address the enormous issue of blackness.
Art
A Family of Artists Creates a Portrait of Inuk Life Across Three Generations
The exhibition of work by Inuk grandmother, mother, and daughter contains prints and drawings that resonate with intergenerational themes of motherhood and community.
Film
Revisiting a Devastating 1900 Hurricane in an Experimental 3D Film
PROTOTYPE, artist Blake Williams's first feature, is a non-narrative journey through the aftermath of the Great Gavelston Hurricane shot in crisp 3D.
Art
Redefining American Art Through an Intersectional Lens
At the Minnesota Museum of Art, We the People is filled with work that grapples not only with American identity but with an all-out call for revolution.
Art
A Cuban Artist, Anthropologist, and Cosmologist’s Journey to West Africa
The exhibition showcases the unique space the Cuban artist José Bedia occupies: concurrently artist, anthropologist, and religious practitioner.