Books
Hopscotching Through Patti Smith’s Mind
Smith’s new memoir “records time backwards and forwards” as she skips from moment to moment across the past forty years of her life.
Review
Art
The Sexist Politics of the Smithsonian’s Cosby Exhibition
WASHINGTON, DC — Upon entering the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, I made my way through the lobby and down a flight of stairs.
Art
Interactive Comic Commemorates the Tragic Story of the Vietnamese "Boat People"
For the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, artist Matt Huynh — the son of Vietnamese boat people — adapted the award-winning story "The Boat" into an interactive comic.
Art
Priestesses at Play: Lynda Benglis at Storm King
MOUNTAINVILLE, NY — This year, among the di Suveros, the Serras, and other Modernist guardians, the autumn leaves adorn Lynda Benglis’s large works in cast metal and polyurethane.
Art
Remembering Architecture Through Fragments and Impressions
Buildings, in New York City especially, are so overwhelmingly big that they can sometimes seem to occupy our space and not the other way around.
Art
Robert Morris's Spectral Shrouds
Robert Morris has comported himself for decades as the least minimal of the original minimalists.
Art
The Art of Anxiety and Anticipation from the Backyards of Cold War Superpowers
As Cold War politics began to heat up along the peripheries of US and Soviet control, aesthetic preoccupations slowly started to give way to explicit engagement with the prevailing orders of power.
Art
Good Art Comes in Small Packages at LA Gallery's Miniature Show
LOS ANGELES — The Mini Show presented stamp-sized paintings and sculptures, offering a unique vantage for experiencing new work.
Art
Digital Distractions: Tweeting as a Bird and the Awkwardness of AIM
For November's Digital Distractions, journey through Twitter as a rotund bird on a mission, relive the awkward AIM conversations of the early 2000s, and give a monster a makeover.
Art
Visions of Detroit’s Past and Future in Clay and Cardboard
DETROIT — Shannon Goff makes an excellent case for the secret interconnections between cardboard and clay, her two primary materials.
Art
Minimalist Monuments to the Personal and Domestic
LONDON — In 2013, Prem Sahib transformed Southard Reid gallery into a club.
Art
An Encounter with Kara Walker’s Poignantly American Work in the UK
LONDON — Kara Walker's Go to Hell or Atlanta, Whichever Comes First is a powerful, nuanced visual rant.