Art
Kehinde Wiley's Pantheon of Black Artists
In his new show at Sean Kelly Gallery, the artist has begun to create a register of contemporary black visual artists.
Review
Books
A Horror Comic Suffused with Satanism and Dense with Dread
Winnebago Graveyard takes readers from a carnival freak show to a hallucinatory black mass.
Books
A Guide to Architects' Mundane and Monumental Graves
The architects of our great landmarks are often buried beneath the humblest of tombstones, or have no marker at all.
Books
Stories from a Once Culturally Vibrant, Now Neglected Miami Neighborhood
Jacob Katel’s A People’s History of Overtown collects interviews with the people who remember the neighborhood's golden years, before the expressway divided and ultimately decimated it.
Art
Exploring the New Orleans Village Where You Can Play the Buildings
Opened in the fall of 2016, the Music Box Village is a gathering of artist-created architectural instruments.
Books
A Graphic Novel Turns the Unpredictability of Grief into a Superhero Tale
Coco Picard’s The Chronicles of Fortune is a story about learning how to grapple with the role of death in life.
Art
Reveling in the Artistry of Scientific Displays
The centerpiece of John Stoney's exhibition at Pierogi is a series of precious gem and mineral displays drained of their natural colors and rendered in shades of gray.
Performance
A Hilarious, Heartbreaking Performance Seeks Intimacy in Online Love
Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble’s The Art of Luv 5: Swipe Right / ROKÉ Cupid, currently running at the Bushwick Starr, is the latest in a multimedia series exploring contemporary forms of desire.
Books
Portraits of Samurai Who’ve Kept Their 800-Year-Old Tradition Alive
In 2015, the Japan-based photographer Everett Kennedy Brown documented the annual festival of Sōma, Fukushima, where hundreds of samurai don colorful armor and recreate a historic battle.
Art
Ethereal Installations Nestled in Central Turkey's Caves and Valleys
In its third year, the Cappadox festival draws Turkish city-dwellers to Cappadocia for an outdoor romp.
Film
An Avant-Garde Documentary About 500 Silent Films Rescued in the Yukon
Bill Morrison’s newest work, Dawson City: Frozen Time, tells the story of an unlikely triumph for film preservation and history.
Art
Grappling with Authorship and Acceptance in the Pop Art of Roger Brown
A pair of exhibitions at Kavi Gupta gallery places the artist's paintings and sculptures in dialogue with arrangements of objects from his personal collections.