Film
Films That Tell Unique Tales About the Veteran Experience
For Veterans Day, here are some movies that don’t fit mainstream narratives about military service.
Reviews
Art
Sophia Narrett Traces Her Embroideries to “Playing With Dolls”
By creating “a space of play,” Narrett says, “you can reach some sort of truth within yourself or with the other person.”
Art
Welcome to the Empty Gallery That Speaks Volumes
Mike Zahn gives us an image of Shrine’s empty gallery projected in the empty space, offering a commentary both meta and melancholic.
Books
Loïs Mailou Jones, an Artist and Educator Who Made History
Rebecca VanDiver hopes that her book will appeal to readers interested in “what it means to be Black in the 20th century, what it means to Black in the 21st century.”
Books
The Poetry of Love and Textspeak
Simina Banu’s poetry celebrates those who speak of love and loss in the language of emojis and memes, and have had our hearts broken by a text message.
Film
Kiyan Williams Digs Into the Meaning of Soil
In her film on view at the Shed, the artist explores dirt's unsettling aesthetic effects, as well as its conceptual resonances.
Art
Cathartic Art for Precarious Times
Fred Tomaselli’s incorporation of printed news in his paintings long before the pandemic now seems downright prescient.
Art
Monumental Art No Bigger Than a Postcard
Toying with blob-like shapes and the illusion of depth, the Austrian self-taught artist Leopold Strobl packs mystery and expressive power into small-scale drawing-collages.
Art
Theaster Gates and the Shapes of Black History
Gates reminds us of the many hidden, unacknowledged, and under-recognized histories of Black culture in America.
Art
A Haunting Installation Reexamines the Ideals of Spanish Modernist Architecture
Rather than celebrating the Francoist Hexagon Pavilion, Alvaro Urbano asks whether the lingering ghosts of the dictatorship are simply decaying or actively festering.
Books
A Book of Practical, Everyday Magic
Ideas, Arrangements, Effects is a rare, straightforward handbook for teachers, community organizers, artists on how to create communities we aspire toward.
Film
A Mind-Controlling Assassin Starts to Lose Herself
Possessor is a gruesome, disturbing sci-fi thriller about identity.