Film
Honoring an American Titan of 20th-Century Experimental Cinema
Ever-moving, ever-changing — that’s the cinema of Bruce Baillie.
Review
Art
The Mug Shot’s Origins in Debunked 19th-Century Science
French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon believed each person's physical measurements were as distinct as their fingerprints, and devised the first modern mug shots as part of his classification system in the 19th century.
Art
How Modern Gardens and Painting Developed in Tandem
LONDON — In 2015 the Royal Academy of Arts faced a critical backlash against its last major painting blockbuster, Rubens and His Legacy, which featured very little Rubens and an awful lot of tenuous filler. Thank goodness, then, that the museum is back on track with its new survey, Painting the Mode
Art
Finding Dark Humor in the Plight of the Feminist Artist
In her latest exhibition, Death Is a Conceptual Artist, feminist icon Mira Schor delivers a slow-motion knockout blow.
Art
Anselm Kiefer's Heady and Heavy-Handed Behemoths
PARIS — Anselm Kiefer’s swashbuckling, material-laden, paint-encrusted canvases and “alchemical” vitrines supposedly transport us into thick intellectual zones of passion for German history and land.
Art
This Art Exhibition Wants You to Feel
SANTA FE — During the summer of 2013, Seattle-based artist Emma Levitt’s partner died suddenly.
Art
Retrieving the History of Indonesia’s Massacred Chinese Community
For FX Harsono, art is activism.
Books
Uncovering a Manifesto in the Blog of Visionary Architect Lebbeus Woods
From 2007 to 2012, the late architect Lebbeus Woods kept a blog that offered a peek into the mind of one of our most visionary contemporary creators.
Art
From an English Factory to the Streets of Detroit, Disrupting Space with Dance
DETROIT — “There’s something weirdly comforting about knowing there’s a load of cities in the world that are in the same situation,” said Chloë Brown.
Art
A Cherokee Artist Wrestling with Grief, Colonialism, and False Dichotomies
WASHINGTON, DC — Kay WalkingStick has devoted herself to breaking down perceived dichotomies.
Art
Bushwick Gets Lit with a Show of Sculptural Lamps
Once actually home to a 99-cent store, 99¢ Plus Gallery currently resembles a business in the lighting district on the Bowery — one that would take the cake for the most eccentric wares along that electrified stretch.
Art
An Exhibit Inspired by Interior Design Asks You to Take a Seat
LOS ANGELES — The title of the exhibition How to Remove Stains seems to be lifted from an article in Good Housekeeping — blemishes, quelle horreur!