Art
Echoes of Buddhist “Emptiness” in Contemporary Chinese Art
The four artists in the exhibition “Silent Thunder” display varying degrees of engagement with Buddhism — as a faith, an aesthetic choice, a school of philosophy, or a social phenomenon.
Reviews
Art
Bearing Witness to Breonna Taylor’s Life and Death
There are many in Kentucky who wish to get beyond the Breonna Taylor tragedy, but Amy Sherald’s magnetic portrait of Taylor insists otherwise.
Books
A Year of Struggle in Words and Images
Manjit Thapp’s first full-length graphic novel, Feelings, charts a young woman’s emotional journey through South Asia’s six-season calendar.
Film
Liborio Affirms the Force of Mythology and Collective Faith
An immersive dive into communal myth-making, Nino Martínez Sosa’s film brings a Dominican spiritual leader to back to life.
Film
Deep in the Forest, Scientists Succumb to Religious Rapture
The British horror film In the Earth bloodily observes how fervent belief makes fools of us all.
Film
A Documentary About How We Got, How We Got to Sesame Street
Street Gang is an insightful story on the art of breaking ground.
Art
An Artist’s Crash Course in Government
In a series of PSA-style videos, Paul Pescador poses questions about government that quickly unravel into a nightmarishly complex knot of existential crises.
Art
Precious Okoyomon Envelops Us in the Textures of Black Mourning
At Performance Space New York, Okoyomon enables a sense of communion amid unrelenting loss.
Film
Absurdist Scandinavian Musings on Loneliness
Roy Andersson's About Endlessness presents a series of elaborate vignettes about isolated characters.
Art
El Museo’s Triennial Defies Stereotypes Mapped Onto Latinx Art
Amid the museum’s complicated past, this first triennial offers some hope for the future.
Film
The Killings That Raised Questions About Mormon History
Netflix's Murder Among the Mormons tackles a strange case of archival fraud that led to a bombing campaign.
Art
Melissa Joseph’s Felted Tributes to Family Archives
Joseph’s work exudes both playfulness and gravity, evoking fond memories while channeling the sorrow of the last year.