Art
Invisible Man, a group show at Martos Gallery curated by Ebony L. Haynes, gathers works by four artists that subtly call attention to embodied experience and the histories embedded in utilitarian objects.
Art
In his new show at Sean Kelly Gallery, the artist has begun to create a register of contemporary black visual artists.
Books
Winnebago Graveyard takes readers from a carnival freak show to a hallucinatory black mass.
Books
The architects of our great landmarks are often buried beneath the humblest of tombstones, or have no marker at all.
Books
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
Opened in the fall of 2016, the Music Box Village is a gathering of artist-created architectural instruments.
Books
Coco Picard’s The Chronicles of Fortune is a story about learning how to grapple with the role of death in life.
Art
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
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
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
In its third year, the Cappadox festival draws Turkish city-dwellers to Cappadocia for an outdoor romp.
Film
Bill Morrison’s newest work, Dawson City: Frozen Time, tells the story of an unlikely triumph for film preservation and history.