Art
Following the Threads that Connect Clothing to Religious Persecution in Southeast Asia
The real subject of Displaced is the arbitrary means by which Muslims of Thailand and Myanmar are subjected to abhorrent violence.
Review
Art
Perspectives on Female Identity, Inspired by Nancy Spero
An exhibition at Wave Hill features artists from Australia to the Dominican Republic who, like Spero, make work that subverts archetypal depictions of women.
Art
From Acoustic Mirrors to Kitchen Huts, Sculptures Take Root in Harlem Parks
A public sculpture series curated by the Studio Museum in Harlem showcases work by artists who have strong connections to the area.
Art
A Major Exhibition Recasts the Influence of Italian Sculptor Medardo Rosso
Peers like Auguste Rodin may have overshadowed Rosso, but time has vindicated him as a decisive contributor to the birth of Modernism.
Performance
A Timely Performance of MLK’s Final Sermon Takes Viewers to Church
The Drum Major Instinct, a performance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final sermon, sought to evoke that feeling of being in church on a Sunday morning.
Art
Photographs that Suspend Us Between Sky and Water
Aspects of Ori Gersht's images are fused and inverted, reflections made into a world I can visually swim in.
Film
Two Experimental Films About a Cross-Dressing Female Adventurer in the Early 20th Century
BAM concludes its remarkable Leslie Thornton retrospective with a hefty pairing of digressive, serious works.
Books
A Graphic Novel in the Form of a Monster-Obsessed Child’s Notebook
In My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Emil Ferris avoids the strictures of any one genre, following the meandering mind of a 10-year-old obsessed with movie monsters.
Art
Participatory Stool Making, Reclaimed Materials, and More at Collective Design Fair
Opening today, the 2017 edition of the fair features furniture, lighting fixtures, functional design, and photography from almost 30 international exhibitors.
Books
A New Account of Robert Lowell’s Mania Risks Glorifying It
Clinical psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison's Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire intimately details the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's mental illness and how it shaped his poetic output.
Art
Passing Through Portal, an Unpretentious Art Fair in Soho
Now in its second edition, the new fair from nonprofit 4heads feels like a big group show, with the attendant mix in quality.
Art
A Stained-Glass World Where Women Are Worshipped
Women are everywhere in Paula Wilson’s art, which cobbles together fragmented images like shards of stained glass.