Art
Ragna Róbertsdóttir’s Landscapes in Lava
The Icelandic artist fashions sculptures and wall works from the primary substance of her volcanic and volatile homeland.
Reviews
Art
The Trouble with Capitalist Utopias
Maybe a sense of belonging is a thing of the past, a sign of privilege.
Art
How Soutine Showed de Kooning a Way Out
It seems to me that Soutine’s complete lack of interest in the cubists’ desire for order was exactly what appealed to de Kooning.
Art
Unraveling Rodin’s Artistic Mystique
A corrective to the sculptor’s self-aggrandizing, The Making of Rodin draws attention to the hidden figures who made his work possible.
Film
How Tennis Star Naomi Osaka Handles the Pressure of Competition
Garrett Bradley’s Netflix docuseries explores the tennis star as a vessel for other people’s love and aspirations.
Film
In M. Night Shyamalan’s New Thriller, a Beach Rapidly Ages Anyone Who Visits
Old literalizes the adage about how life passes you by in a flash, to horrifying effect.
Art
Frank, Greek, and Gay: Modernist Painter Yannis Tsarouchis Is Finally Getting His Due
Dancing in Real Life makes a strong case for recognizing the Greek painter as a pioneer of queer art.
Art
Wangechi Mutu’s Sly and Imposing Takeover of a San Francisco Museum
Unlike Mutu’s Met commission, at the Legion of Honor, Mutu continues the reclamation processes into and throughout the museum.
Art
Joke’s On You: New Red Order Parodies Society’s Deepest Settler Desires
Rest assured settlers, in NRO’s Indigenous future, “there is a place for you.”
Film
Jafar Panahi, Laura Poitras, and Other Filmmakers Reflect on the Pandemic Year
The seven shorts of the anthology The Year of the Everlasting Storm are impressively varied, given the constraints under which they were made.
Art
A Photographer’s Intimate Tribute to SOPHIE, a Visionary Gone Too Soon
Initially conceived alongside the musician, Zoe Chait’s Noise memorializes the public and private lives of a figure whose tragic death earlier this year sent shockwaves through the music industry.
Art
An Exhibition Offers an Ode to the Nuances of Diasporic Identities
Collectively, the artists in Open Call present a series of equally localized and haptic meditations on what it takes to be present in an increasingly globalized world.