Art
A Fragmented City Characterized by Fences, Doors, and Distance
LOS ANGELES — So much of Los Angeles geography is characterized by fences, doors, and distance, to keep some of us in and others out.
Review
Art
Tibet's Secret Temple: The Long-Hidden Tantric Murals of Lukhang Palace
On an island in a pond behind the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet sits the Lukhang Temple, or "Temple to the Serpent Spirits," a secret meditation space created by the Dalai Lama in the 17th century.
Books
Two New Comics Memoirs Recount Tales of Coming Out and Life in Brooklyn
In Long Red Hair, Meags Fitzgerald examines conversations that helped shape at how she looks at herself, as well as the difficult road to her coming out as queer. Dean Haspiel's Beef with Tomato looks at his life as an artist and, in his words, a voyeur peering into the lives of other people on his
Books
A Photographic Index of Illicit Objects Seized at the US Border
On the cover of Taryn Simon's Contraband is the corpse of a bird of prey, its body contorted over a nondescript envelope that was marked "home décor" and on its way from Indonesia to Miami, Florida, when it was seized at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Art
Illuminating the Contents of Our Junk Drawers
We all have those drawers filled to the brim with objects we use only occasionally or keep simply for sentiment, knickknacks united only by the fact that they lie in an enclosed box.
Performance
In Uganda, a Performance Artist Confronts Her Privilege
LOS ANGELES — Tired of being an internet activist, performance artist Kristina Wong left behind the comfortable safety of her armchair and computer to set out for three weeks in northern Uganda.
Art
Fantastical Landscapes That Ripple Through Time
I didn't quite know what I was getting into when I opted to review the current show of paintings by Jason Saager at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle.
Art
Photography and Foreboding in 1970s Japan
For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968–1979 offers an ambitious social and art history of a decade ignited by protest, shaped by global power dynamics, and visualized through new art forms.
Art
Composing the Sounds of Detroit into a Symphony
DETROIT — The sounds of the city have long been an inspiration to composers — think of iconic soundscapes from Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to Bernstein’s West Side Story score.
Art
Two Painters Seek a "Sense of Something Holy" in Abstraction
This past winter, New York-based painter Tim Casey rode 100 miles on horseback through the snow with the Lakota, a Native American tribe in South Dakota.
Art
Grotesque, Sewn Self-Portraits Pervert Norms of Female Beauty
Gargoyle faces and witch-like masks adorn the walls of Yoon Ji Seon’s first US solo exhibition, Rag Face, at the Yossi Milo Gallery, New York.
Art
Ai Weiwei Splits a 400-Year-Old Temple Between Two Beijing Galleries
BEIJING — Between two Beijing galleries, Ai Weiwei has divided a 400-year-old temple’s 1,500 worn, wooden pieces.