Art
Another Chapter of Black Art History
The legacy of Cinque Gallery demonstrates that the work of Black artists between 1969 and 2004 was as diverse as its mainstream counterpart.
Reviews
Art
A Painter of the Bloomsbury Group Comes Into View
You could say that Nina Hamnett fell victim to her own reckless self-mythologizing.
Art
Ecological Art Infused by Memoir and Identity
Gyun Hur's and Shoshanna Weinberger's installations emphasize poetic innuendo rather than overt autobiography.
Books
A Deep Dive Into Walter Benjamin
The Benjamin Files by Fredric Jameson explains everything by reference to everything else, in a way that often makes the narrative all but impenetrable.
Film
An Astonishingly Intimate Film Takes Us Deep Into the Woods
Filmed over 10 years, Mindaugas Survila’s The Ancient Woods avoids the usual trappings of anthropomorphism.
Art
A Costume Designer’s Beautiful and Grotesque Sculptures
Cathy Cooper’s sculptures fan out with hoop skirts, oversized cowls, and long bustled trains.
Film
Elena Is a Proud Celebration of Haitian Heritage in the Dominican Republic
Michèle Stephenson’s documentary short finds beauty in qualities of Haitian life which the Dominican government scorns.
Books
Work (Even the Creative Kind) Won’t Love You Back
Amid the recent wave of art worker unionizing, Sarah Jaffee’s Work Won’t Love you Back offers some instructive takeaways for understanding the trap of that persistent Neoliberal myth: the “labor of love.”
Art
Hannah Wilke's and Eva Hesse’s Irreverent Experiments in Abstraction
Erotic Abstraction revels in the subversive absurdity shared by both artists.
Art
Christian Nyampeta Transforms the Guggenheim Into a Anti-Colonial Night School
Though exceptionally accessible, Nyampeta’s exhibition occasionally strikes as too safe, particularly given the context of its installation.
Art
An Exhibition Trembles With Black Spiritualities
Otherwise/Revival traces the contours of Black spiritual thought from Louisiana plantations to Azusa Street to our present moment.
Film
Western Films About Africa Are Neocolonial Even When They Try Not to Be
Attempting to interrogate its own lens, the documentary Stop Filming Us mixes sharp insights with disappointing shortcomings.