Art
The Pueblo Artist Who Brings Kink to Traditional Craft
Gender play, kink, and futures that touch traditional lifeways are enduring features of Virgil Ortiz’s work.
Reviews
Books
In Praise of Complicated Friendships
Within this rich survey of 1990s ephemera is an homage to the modes of communication that forged community and identity prior to the internet.
Art
What Was Hiroshima Like Before the Atom Bomb?
Wakaji Matsumoto's photographs provide a glimpse of a world in the midst of transition into the next stage of global capitalism and Westernization.
Art
This Exhibition Claims That “All Art Is Virtual”
But is it, really?
Art
Chicago’s Drawing Biennial Has Something for Everyone
Each artist has one to three examples, in such a broad range of styles that if you can’t find something of interest here, that’s probably on you.
Art
Shining a Light on a Dark Chapter of American Pottery
Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina brings awareness of both Edgefield’s awesome artistry and poet-potter David Drake’s odds-defying life to a sizable audience.
Art
A Darkly Whimsical Take on Feminine Sexuality
Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg’s exhibition A Pancake Moon made me reflect on my experience of freezing my eggs.
Art
Two Nordic Art Fairs Look Beyond Geography
Down Иorth: North Atlantic Triennial and CHART suggest a model of regional exhibition-making that refutes the essentialism common in contemporary art.
Art
Barbara Chase-Riboud Breathes Life Into Bronze
The aggressive kineticism of Futurism in Chase-Riboud's sculpture is tempered by a keen appreciation of the erotic and lyrical.
Film
The Design Duo Behind Pink Floyd's Iconic Aesthetic
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) is a reasonably informative, if rather dry, look at a subject with much more potential for exploration.
Art
Abstract Art Did Not Begin With Paul Cézanne
Odili Donald Odita challenges the long-held belief that abstract art is a purely Western tradition.
Art
What Just Above Midtown Meant for Black Artists
The long-gone art gallery afforded Black artists a space to create without having to consider the pressures of the commercial art market or the fickle nature of nonprofit art institutions.