Art
The Intimate Abstractions of Franklin Williams, an Unsung Master from the ’60s
Franklin Williams's work is the kind that challenges a viewer and demands the labor of self-reflection to resist knee-jerk reactions.
Review
Books
The Elaborate Survey of an Imaginary Comics Artist in Singapore
In The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, cartoonist Sonny Liew collaborates with a figment of his imagination.
Art
Interactive Documentary on "Comfort Women" Asks You to Listen to Victims of Sexual Violence
Tiffany Hsiung's The Space We Hold spotlights the stories of three women held in sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
Art
A Slovenian Biennial that Breaks the Mold
Heroic risk is evident in the Slovenian organization of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts, which goes so far as to adopt the chance-based exquisite cadaver game as a model.
Film
Explore the Early Years of Technicolor Film in 40,000 Documents
The George Eastman Museum's Technicolor Online Research Archive has newly digitized documents from 1914 to 1955, chronicling the development of Technicolor film.
Art
The Trickster Artist Behind the I Spy Books
At the Lowe Art Museum, a retrospective dives into the mirrored mazes and optical illusions of Walter Wick, a photographer, illustrator, and children's book author.
Art
Unholy Piñatas Modeled After Bosch’s “Garden of Earthly Delights”
The Los Angeles-based artist Roberto Benavidez has made wild, larger-than-life representations from the Hieronymus Bosch painting in the form of piñatas.
Art
Tracing the Lives of Women in Medieval Manuscript Illustrations
Illuminating Women in the Medieval World at the Getty Center in Los Angeles explores the lives of women in the Middle Ages through their representation in illuminated manuscripts.
Art
Horsing Around With Philadelphia's Urban Cowboys
Mohamed Bourouissa's exhibition at the Barnes Foundation centers on his time with the Fletcher Street Urban Riders Club.
Books
Drawings that Trace the Contours of Thought
Renee Gladman's drawings in Prose Architectures resemble not-quite-legible script, registering somewhere on the visual spectrum between image and language.
Books
The Earth as a Dump and Refuge
The Astropastorals, a new collection of poetry by Douglas Crase, brings together two decades of material in 18 pages.
Art
Four Uncompromising Finnish Women Artists
There are no portraits of men or depictions of happy couples in this exhibition at Scandinavia House.