Art
The Quick and the Dead
Salvatore Scarpitta’s imagination was wild and full of high jinks. It is one reason why the art world has never known what to do with him.
Review
Art
The Triumph of the Chickens
Like Ralph Ellison, who did not think of the Invisible Man as a protest novel, Kerry James Marshall is interested in the nuances of invisibility, in how much goes unseen, and the many different ways willful blindness manifests itself.
Music
Leonard Cohen R.I.P.
In addition to everything else he was — poet, wordsmith, conceptmaster, religious seeker, suave scruffy ladies’ man, Zen monk, belated concert fixture — he was also a major political songwriter.
Music
We Need Ear Candy More Than Ever: Rae Sremmurd, Tegan & Sara, Shura, Reekado Banks
Usually I mix positive reviews with mixed ones. Given recent events I couldn’t bear to be mean — I'm working up to it, I swear — so here are four albums that I love.
Performance
Conceptual Dance Lite: Jérôme Bel's Elemental Choreography
For more than twenty years, the French choreographer has pioneered a kind of dance that highlights the biography and particularity of the performer.
Art
A Breach in the Membrane: Gwenn Thomas
In recent years, luminosity itself has emerged as Gwenn Thomas's ultimate subject.
Art
The Worst Years of Our Lives
As it happens, there are currently two exhibitions in New York that offer glimpses into the bonding of artistic communities in defiance of the encroaching darkness, first in rage and then in compassion.
Art
Watching War and Displacement from Afar
Rachel Farbiarz's exhibition at G Fine Art features intricate collages of expressionistic drawings that heighten the experience of watching others witness their lives being upended.
Performance
A Dancer Finds Freedom in a Forest of Wires
It doesn’t feel right to call Plexus either a dance or a spectacle.
Art
Blurring National Boundaries with Fables, Postcards, and Film
Katia Kameli's exhibition at the Mosaic Rooms is a rich exploration of colonial history and transcultural influences.
Art
An Artist Crossbreeds Chickens as a Metaphor for Global Exchange
The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project explores ideas of genetic diversity via an ongoing global effort to crossbreed the chickens of the world.
Art
In a Performance, a Soundscape Invokes the Brutality of Slavery
Sheldon Scott's performance is based on the experiences of enslaved Africans in rice production in the American South.