Film
A Multifaceted Look at the Long, Accomplished Career of Audrey Flack
Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of the trailer for Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack, an upcoming documentary about the abstract expressionist-turned-photorealist.
Reviews
Film
Glimpse Heaven and Other Afterlives With Films About Life After Death
Here are some entertaining movies about the afterlife to watch.
Art
The Long, Rich History of Africa’s Sahel Region
More than merely a grand survey of art from the region, Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara mobilizes discussions around migration and contemporary cultural stewardship.
Art
A Painter’s Sincere Affection for the Heart Ideogram
Linda Stark lends serious attention to the heart symbol, which, like most symbols associated with women and femininity, is easily dismissed and oft-overlooked.
Film
Wacky, Romantic Dramedies to Brighten a Foreboding Fall
Three recent French dramedies boast their own individual je ne sais quoi, less in spite than because of their wacky storylines.
Books
Don DeLillo’s Dark Prism
In his deftly hewn new novel, The Silence, DeLillo disconnects us from our devices, wreaking havoc on our human fragility.
Books
When Japan Reinvented Filmmaking
A new book looks at a heady time in the 1960s, when avant-garde Japanese artists explored genre-blending intermedia and expanded cinema.
Art
The Originality of Joanna Pousette-Dart
Pousette-Dart embraces the world without representing it.
Art
A Painter’s Belief in Painting
Michael Berryhill sees painting as an “amazing place” where the miraculous can still occur.
Art
The Emergence of Aubrey Levinthal
What distinguishes Levinthal from her contemporaries is her ability to evoke a melancholic state that has been heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Art
Through Clairvoyance, Artists Forged Their Own Paths and Networks
Not Without My Ghosts demonstrates the way mediumistic art practices unsettle the narratives of Modernism, specifically in relation to automatism and the development of abstraction.
Books
Poetry That Pulls at the Seams of Colonial Power and Memory
Enjoy a sneak peek of Perfidia, a new book from Sky Hopinka, which examines collective memory and the everyday impacts of colonial violence upon Indigenous peoples.