Art
Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Packed, Percussive Paintings
The artist's solo show at James Cohan is a raucous, slightly creepy, rebellious screed.
Review
Art
Lust for Life Drawing: A Room Full of Iggy Pop Nudes
"Iggy Pop’s body is central to an understanding of rock music and its place within American culture," says Jeremy Deller. "It has witnessed much and should be documented."
Art
The Power of Protest Art, from Goya to Polke
In Soulèvements, an ahistorical exhibition of art made for and about acts of protest, works either make their political agendas self-evident or embed them in their formal properties.
Art
A Tribute to Oscar Wilde in the Prison Where He Was Incarcerated
The art organization Artangel has invited visual artists, writers, and performers to respond to Reading Gaol's most famous inmate, Oscar Wilde.
Art
A Step in the Right Direction for the Display of Native American Art
The Newark Museum has rehung its exceptional collection of works by America's indigenous artists, providing more contextualizing information, while also letting objects speak to each other across eras and regions.
Art
Paintings that Stress the Strangeness in Ordinary Surfaces
Corydon Cowansage's works on canvas twist our perspective on such typically drab images as blades of grass and brick surfaces.
Books
The Underappreciated Art of the Hollywood Backdrop
A new book highlights the unheralded contributions of backdrop artists to the history of film.
Art
A Contemporary Take on Rococo Over-Intellectualizes Its Point
Tom Ellis’s detached intellectualizing of the Wallace Collection’s contents and history unfortunately leaves the soul unstirred.
Art
Trying to Believe in Sanford Biggers's Subjective Cosmology
In the Sanford Biggers exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, there is a feeling of being somewhat loose and unsupported in the space.
Performance
A Play Touches on the Power of Touch
The beating heart of My Brother’s a Keeper, performed at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, is an interlude at a bus stop when two characters let go of verbal language.
Art
Ghostly Flowers and Haunting Laughter Light Up a 19th-Century Reservoir
There is no path, map, or cautionary lighting to help you find your winding way through this exhibition.
Books
Reader’s Diary: Pierre Reverdy’s ‘The Song of the Dead’
I daresay Pierre Reverdy is the favorite French poet among American poets. But how well do we really know his work?