Art
Imagining the Future Amid Alejandro Cardenas’s Profound, Brooding Canvases
In ALEXANDRIA, bright stripes and zigzags pop against sprawling environments, telegraphing both impressive depth and intense seclusion.
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Art
Painting a Portrait Is “Like Falling in Love,” Says Jiab Prachakul
Prachakul paints friends and acquaintances who, like the artist, are part of the Asian diaspora.
Art
Marsha Pels’s Sculptures Offer Little Solace
Pels’s work evokes a blinking unease, posing questions about the nature of power in the arenas of sex, war, and religion.
Art
Updating the Myth of Hercules for the #MeToo Era
In The Trials of the Golden Rat, Patrick Duegaw recasts Hercule’s feats as the troubling behavior of a powerful man, reframing his targets through the guise of powerful women standing up for themselves.
Books
In a New Book About Unions and Financial Capitalism, Lessons for the Arts
"Unions Renewed" explores the changing role of organized labor under financial capitalism. It maps meaningfully onto the arts.
Art
An Exquisite Tribute to Terry Adkins, Maker of Monumental Sonic Sculptures
Reverberating through the Pulitzer’s iconic building, Adkins’s works carry the potential of sound, and remain alluring even in silence.
Art
The Living Legacy of the Kamoinge Workshop, a Force in Black Photography
The influential collective created a rigorous yet non-hierarchical sphere of influence, which challenges the very tidiness of retrospectives like Working Together.
Art
The Delightfully Debased Art of Nicole Eisenman and Keith Boadwee
Contrary to the laconic distance experienced among Eisenman’s works, Boadwee’s radiates a frenetic energy that stimulates the senses.
Books
Ishmael Reed Picks Hamilton Apart, Bit by Revisionist Bit
The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda deconstructs the Broadway play’s abolitionist portrayal of the founding father with incisive, impeccably-researched satire.
Art
Antibodies and Oppositions: Artwork That Addresses Our New Normal
At the Palais de Tokyo, mounting an exhibition loosely about infection, during a pandemic, presents its challenges.
Film
A Modern Update to the "Gentleman Thief" Genre
Starring Omar Sy, the French Netflix series Lupin is a delightful crime thriller.
Books
25 Years of Pixar’s Vibrant, Emotional Color Palettes
Revised and expanded, The Art of Pixar gathers color scripts from the studio’s short and feature films, mapping out the emotional beats of each story in lush hues.