Art
New Views of the Everyday World
Emily Pettigrew and Aubrey Levinthal are two painters who have much in common, but their differences run deeper and are more telling.
Reviews
Film
A Coming-of-Age Film That Sidesteps Cliché
Ena Sendijarević’s debut feature, Take Me Somewhere Nice, follows a young Bosnian refugee as she sets off to visit a native country she no longer knows.
Art
JR, Down the Barrel of the Camera
This is a public, political art that invites us to see the world differently, and even encourage the spirit of community.
Books
An Archaeology of Loss in New York City
Mark Hage's photos of empty storefronts reveal how real-estate development leaves behind sites of civic neglect.
Art
What to Do About the Artists in Your Studio
If Philip Guston wanted everyone, including himself, to leave his studio, Franklin Evans seems to be inviting everyone in.
Film
The Forgotten “Black Woodstock” of 1969
Summer of Soul, Questlove’s directorial debut, seeks to resurrect the memory of the Harlem Cultural Festival, a vital touchstone of Black music.
Film
The Double-Crosses Don’t Stop Coming in the Noir Throwback No Sudden Move
Set in 1954 Detroit, Steven Soderbergh’s latest caper flick critiques capitalism and institutional racism as effortlessly as it piles on the twists.
Film
No Wave Musician Lydia Lunch Gets Her Due
Beth B’s biographical documentary The War is Never Over has a DIY sensibility befitting the No Wave performer.
Art
Veronica Ryan’s Botanical Musings on Migration
For the Montserrat-born artist, seeds are both a metaphor for and a physical continuation of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora.
Art
Rotimi Fani-Kayode Captures the Abundant Glow of Black Queer Life
In Tranquility of Communion, soul-stirring photographs blend Yoruba cosmologies, queer desire, and Baroque theatricality.
Film
In Working Girls, Sex Work Is Another Everyday 9–5
A restoration of Lizzie Borden’s landmark 1986 portrait of sex and labor is coming to theaters.
Art
The Ethereal Everyday of Anthony Cudahy
Bathed in unnatural colors, Cudahy’s portraits carry an oneiric atmosphere.