Art
Brooklyn Artists Harness the Power of Bodies
The artwork at the BRIC Biennial mostly hinges on corporeal experience, on what it is to be a body.
Review
Performance
E Is for Edward Gorey, Whose Biographical Play Was Embellished
GOREY: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey presents its subject as a closeted, mostly rebuffed gay man resigned to his solitude. In the process, it sells him short.
Art
Pairing Charles Baudelaire’s Words with the Art of His Time
This exhibition gazes upon and bolsters the dandy’s deserved reputation as a discerning and witty art critic by demonstrating his relationship to life and Romanticism.
Art
Captivated by the Performance of Black Masculinity
Zachary Fabri’s exhibition at the Aljira Center for Contemporary Art is a deliberation on what it is to be a black man, always performing, even when one doesn’t intend to perform.
Books
The Beauty and Devastation of Mankind's Impact on Earth
In his book Overview: A New Perspective of Earth, photographer Benjamin Grant uses satellite imagery to convey the enormity of mankind's effects on the planet.
Art
An Artist’s Plots of Earth Decay to Dust
Dineo Seshee Bopape's installation at Art in General is a powerful evocation of what's happening to the earth under our collective care.
Art
An Interactive Journey Through Endangered Natural Soundscapes
Bernie Krause's "The Great Animal Orchestra" includes five soundscapes that represent the fragile natural diversity of our world.
Books
A Graphic Novel Reincarnates a Sinister Shirley Jackson Story
Hyman’s adaptation is a strong effort to retain the original tale’s sparse horror while making the most of its compelling visual possibilities.
Art
The Mexican Modernists Who Found Success in Decadence
An exhibition at Paris's Grand Palais tracks art made in Mexico during the first half of the 20th century, focusing on the influence of the European avant-garde and Mexicans' celebratory attitude toward death.
Art
Updating Carpets as Art Objects but Missing Their Potential
How does one update this ancient form to make it relevant now?
Art
A Photo Show Romanticizes Yosemite at the Expense of Native Americans
It's through exhibitions like this that you can see the profound disconnect between institutions and the history they are entrusted with.
Books
Reader’s Diary: Elena Ferrante’s ‘The Lost Daughter’
What distinguishes the novella from the novel is not length, but the pursuit of intensity rather than breadth. A novella is devastating or it is nothing.