Art
In Celebration of Unloveliness
We go to Raphael for idealized beauty. But what if a painting were the opposite of beautiful, and utterly arresting for that very reason?
Reviews
Film
MTV's The Exhibit Is All That's Wrong With the Art World
The sixth episode and season finale ultimately leaned into the very issues the reality show was ostensibly trying to address.
Art
Art for the End of Time
There are no common moves among artists in The Chicago Cli-Fi Library, except environmental grief as expressed through art-making.
Art
Peter Shear Lets Paint Be
The position Shear has been defining in his work is one that accepts, contemplates, and reimagines the possibilities of abstract painting.
Art
The Artist Who Sailed With Saints
Born with a speech impediment that made him unintelligible to many people, Lemko artist Nikifor turned to drawing as a means of communication.
Film
The Anarchic Spirit of Nam June Paik
Amanda Kim’s documentary shows how Paik anticipated the dizzying ways in which electronic and digital culture would transform human discourse.
Art
Minerva Cuevas Strikes the Gods of Environmental Destruction
In taking aim at contemporary corporations, especially oil companies, Cuevas draws a connection between colonization, trade, and the devastation of the natural world.
Art
Josephine Halvorson Paints to Remember
She invites the viewer to contemplate all the ways we mark and live in time, and how much of what we record and keep we will eventually dispose of.
Art
An Artist's Gift of Care
Artist Soo Kim's latest series is about the act of arranging, about the impulse to create something with our hands for ourselves and for others.
Art
Witches Take Over Westchester
Bowen’s multimedia art is an alchemical mix of the sensuous and arcane, and it is more than a little witchy.
Film
MTV’s The Exhibit Is Finally Spicing Up
In the penultimate episode, the show's editors managed to ignite the spark of mindless reality TV.
Film
New Directors/New Films Festival Takes an Experimental Turn
A host of documentaries exemplify ND/NF's unconventional programming philosophy.