Art Review
The 2025 California Biennial Is Trapped in the Past
The show's displays of juvenilia from established artists says little about adolescents today and makes its message inscrutable.
Reviews
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Joan Semmel’s Paintings Are Beautifully Disturbing
The nonagenarian artist insists that women’s bodies are interesting for more than their eroticism.
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The Glitter and Doom of Lee Miller's Vision
From her collaborations with Man Ray to her work as a WWII photographer, the artist retained a mix of defiance, poignance, and brazen, oddball humor.
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The Timeliness of W. E. B. Du Bois’s Philosophies
His prevailing influence over social theory and racial philosophy proves as relevant as ever in a group exhibition that explores his ideas, research, and legacy.
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Jeff Wall’s Post-Truth Photography
His constructed images feel especially relevant as we navigate AI and questions about photographic reliability.
Book Review
Coreen Simpson’s Timeless Ode to Black Beauty
Her photography captures both celebrities and everyday people with such intimacy that they might call to mind your neighbors and friends.
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Liz Collins Explodes Cliches About Crafts
In her textile-based practice, she calls attention to what holds a piece together or the ways some works seem ready to come apart.
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Wifredo Lam No Longer Waits by the Coatroom
An overdue MoMA show reminds us that Lam pursued his own dialogue with African and Afro-diasporic visual cultures, even as the Parisian avant-garde exoticized his heritage.
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What’s a UFO Show With No Flying Saucers?
The Drawing Center’s Voice of Space has vast potential, but a lack of strong focus and commanding imagery makes it more earthbound than cosmic.
Book Review
The Rembrandt Thief Who Came Out On Top
Myles Connor is one of the very few people alive to have come out ahead after lifting an artwork from the wall of a museum, as Anthony M. Amore explores in his new book.
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The Indigenous Histories That Georgia O’Keeffe Forgot
An exhibition at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum includes works by Tewa Pueblo artists, helping dispel the problematic “O’Keeffe Country” narrative.
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Beneath the Firmament of Katherine Bradford
In this show, the 83-year-old American artist touches on life, death, and mutual support in ways that feel more personal than ever.