Art
The Poetry of Black Daily Life in the Art of Whitfield Lovell
Each portrait in Lovell's current exhibition is a lens through which to consider the complex humanity of Black subjectivity in American history.
Reviews
Art
Does A Pairing With Warhol Do Marisol Any Favors?
Does an attempt to lift up the art of Marisol backfire?
Art
Lina Puerta’s Art Mimics Botanical and Female Anatomical Forms
Puerta’s artworks strike a gentle balance between whimsy and sincerity.
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The Unknown Work of Rakuko Naito
Naito's Op-inspired abstractions might have been an oblique way of dealing with feelings of displacement after moving to the United States.
Art
The Neglected Afterlife of the Great Georges Braque
Braque's paintings speak of self-containment, of a quietly impassioned, ongoing dedication to the task at hand.
Art
The Liminal Space of Identity for Residents of US Territories
In Amber Robles-Gordon's artwork, the borders between states matter less than the overlapping territories of self, the never-ending negotiation of identity.
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Pete Schulte’s Magical Abstract Drawings
Schulte seems at once focused and restless, determined and open.
Art
The Whirling, Spiritual Abstraction of June Edmonds
Full Spectrum spans 40 years of the artist’s career and provides an efficient crash course for anyone new to Edmonds’s work.
Art
Colonial Fault Lines Fracture the Madrid Art Landscape
A show at the Prado valorizes cross-cultural flows while muffling ruptures, and two contemporary art exhibitions critique Hispanic legacies to investigate how art history occludes power.
Art
How Incan-Muisca Wisdom Helps Preserve the Lives of BIPOC Women
Coralina Rodriguez Meyer invites women to reconnect with the indigenous and syncretic spiritualities of their ancestors to find new power.
Film
The Power of the Dog Is a Different Kind of Western Film
Acclaimed director Jane Campion returns to film with an all-star cast featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, and more.
Art
Representing Stories that Black Femmes Hold in Their Bodies
An exhibition of Ambrose Rhapsody Murray's collages of textiles and sequins seek to capture the essence of her Black women figures as spirits.