Art
Paint Is the Language of God: The Gospel According to Gustave Moreau
What’s Gustave Moreau doing hanging out with John Currin, Wade Guyton, and Damien Hirst?
Review
Performance
Camera Obscura: Jackie Sibblies Drury's 'Really'
Really by Jackie Sibblies Drury had its world premiere at Abrons Arts Center on March 18.
Art
Space, Containment, and the Realms of Existence: Berlinde De Bruyckere at Hauser & Wirth
The experience of De Bruyckere’s work is not unlike confronting monumental works of Minimalism, such as Richard Serra’s leaning or torqued sculptures, which create a sense of unease and endangerment within the gallery space.
Music
Techno Mix: Madrid Plastic, Chicago Minimal, Intergalactic Maximal, and Detroit Analog
El Guincho's "Hiperasia," DJ Slugo's "Cocaine Music," "Star Wars Headspace," and Moodymann's "DJ Kicks."
Art
Take Me to the River: William Buchina’s Redemption Paintings
Buchina keeps us guessing without falling into obscurantist traps, if for no other reason than the horror he depicts is steadily being eclipsed by the horror of actual events.
Art
An Artist Navigates the Capitalist Code of Global Shipping
Art history is full of seascapes depicting the ocean as either a thoroughly charted territory over which nations fight and do trade, or an unknowable force that is forever beyond human control.
Art
The Catastrophic Inbreeding of the Habsburgs as Digital Degradation
When digitally editing an image, quests for improvement can cause more damage than good, whether saving a JPG so much that it distorts through compression or sharpening the photo until it pixelates.
Art
Mechanized Art that Makes a Mop Talk and a Medicine Cabinet Tell Time
Even a plank of wood has kinetic possibilities in the art of Tim Hawkinson.
Art
A Bowling Alley Transforms into a 20,000-Square-Foot Trippy Art Experience
SANTA FE — Inside an old bowling alley here, in an industrial district a few miles south of the well-trodden, gallery-lined Canyon Road, there is a house.
Art
A Video Game Inspired by Philip K. Dick's Sci-Fi Worlds
The developers of Californium call their game a "love letter to Philip K. Dick."
Art
Found Material Sculptures that Radiate Residual Energy
DETROIT — Perhaps I should preface my discussion of Homage: Regular Folk with a brief declaration of my own sentiments regarding the energetic qualities of inanimate objects.
Art
Documenting the Performance of Nationalism at the Turkish Olympics
MOSCOW — The Turkish Olympics imitate the internal configuration of Turkish identity without being held accountable for its many contradictions, uncertainties, and catastrophes.