Art
Nikita Gale Makes the Labor of Tina Turner’s Performances Visible
Gale considers the work occurring behind the scenes and how technologies structure our experience of live performances.
Reviews
Art
John Giorno's Beautifully Disgruntled Poem-Paintings
Giorno sets up your expectations and then pulls the rug out.
Art
Clare Grill’s Untranslatable Paint
Grill’s diaphanous brushstrokes and floating forms express a world in a state of unavoidable change.
Art
Henrik Olesen’s Formless, Transgressive Bodies
For much of his career, Olesen has confronted both psychological and physical violence, perpetrated by power structures against non-normative bodies.
Art
Gilbert & George, Full of Themselves Again
How should we take all this buffoonery? In part, it looks like satire. But what exactly are they poking fun at?
Art
Levan Mindiashvili's Childhood Memories
Mindiashvili's installations strike a teasing balance between disclosure and concealment.
Art
“These Are the Women I Want to Be”: María Berrío’s Visions of Displacement
Meticulously collaged, Berrío’s canvases impart both exuberance and grief.
Film
In Without Gorky, the Artist’s Family Opens Up About Their Pain
In this moving documentary by Cosima Spender, there are lots of unanswered questions but you can’t help but be moved by the rawness.
Art
Off the Record Confronts Our Understanding of Objectivity
A forceful rejection of neutrality, the Guggenheim exhibition unearths the deeply biased natures of media and government systems.
Art
Laying Down Roots: Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves's Radical, Botanical Future
Greaves emphasizes the possibilities of planting seeds in the ruins of violent structures.
Art
Zi Yi Wang’s Full-Body Critiques of Consumerism
A thing like you and me conjures the experience of being trapped in the darkness of manufactured happiness.
Art
The Absurdly Poignant Poems of Sun Ra
Sun Ra’s stanzas are riddles against passive reading.