Art
A Dollar-Store Art Show Shortchanges Its Viewers
A massive group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit was basically drawn from junk, and so it remains.
Review
Art
The Chopped-Up Novels and Appropriation Poetry of an Artist and Bookmaker
Printed Matter’s exhibit Sally Alatalo: Narrative in Revision includes experimental magazines, printed ephemera, and newer digital works.
Art
A Critical Understanding of Edward Curtis’s Photos of Native American Culture
A massive installation at the Muskegon Museum of Art displays Edward Curtis's entire ethnographic survey of surviving Native American culture at the turn of the 20th century.
Art
The Inaugural Triennial on New York’s Waterways Drops Anchor
Works on Water, a new triennial on New York's waterways, hosts an exhibition on local artist engagement with the city's tides and currents.
Art
Artists Tinker with Tech at an E-Waste Warehouse
For a one-night exhibition at the Lower East Side Ecology Center's e-waste warehouse in Gowanus, artists transformed outdated and damaged devices into interactive installations and sculptures.
Art
Paintings that Expose the Spirit Within the Body
In Jenny Morgan's exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, death lurks in her compositions.
Art
How Philip Guston Found Salvation in Poetry
Philip Guston and the Poets, currently at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, shows the significant influence of poetry on Guston's work, especially after he retreated from the art world.
Art
Mel Bochner's Linguistic Trickery
The artist’s paintings at Peter Freeman, Inc. move language from mere representation to lived experience.
Performance
When We Crave the Story More than the Artist
The play Master invents an artist and reveals him to the audience through voicemail messages, eulogies, artifacts, and pieces of his magnum opus.
Film
Exposing the Struggles of Artists on Strike Against Life
James N. Kienitz Wilkins's experimental documentary Common Carrier finds artists balancing creative pursuits and the demands of life in New York City.
Books
The Idiosyncratic Writings of Leonora Carrington, a Reluctant Surrealist
Three books by Leonora Carrington, including her memoir of her time at an insane asylum, reveal the artist's specific vision of the world, which strayed from and defied Surrealism.
Books
A Photographer Remixes Her Family Photos into Cryptic New Moments
For her new book ObjectImage, Sarah Tulloch has cut and collaged a collection of black-and-white photographs she inherited from her grandfather.