Music
A Wall of Hyperpop Sound
Although Brakence is not the only Gen-Z singer-songwriter to play with noise and distortion, few so gleefully enact the violent collision of forms.
Reviews
Books
Using Language to Investigate Whiteness
In Wite Out Linda Norton seeks the words to envision relationships not shaped by hundreds of years of white supremacy.
Books
The End of Art History
Writing a global art history demands that we give up historical thinking.
Art
Tom of Finland Comes to Japan
Out, proud, and unabashedly homoerotic, the gay artist’s iconic imagery has become an international symbol of freedom.
Art
A Rebel in The High Modernist Camp
Suzan Frecon insists that art is a wordless experience, that paintings invites us to a plane beyond understanding.
Art
GaHee Park's Cool Nudes
There is a coolness to the way Park paints her figures, as well as a sculptural attention paid to form and surfaces.
Art
A Beguiling Look at the Biases of AI
With Bloom, Trevor Paglen collapses distinctions between the real and virtual, laying bare the prejudices embedded in supposedly objective artificial intelligence systems.
Film
Using Strange Humor to Grapple With Loss
Jan Oxenberg grapples with the loss of her grandmother in Thank You and Good Night, a film that's fallen into obscurity since 1991 but is now available to stream.
Film
A Tribute to Latasha Harlins From Those Who Knew Her Best
A Love Song for Latasha is a "spiritual archive" of who Harlins was in life, rather than focusing on the circumstances of her death.
Film
A Parade of Cakes Fit for Versailles
Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles is a look behind the scenes at the Met as an international team of chefs prepare an elaborate feast.
Film
Scheming, Dealing, and Feeling in Miranda July’s Kajillionaire
A gratifying watch, the oddball family dramedy is fundamentally about what it means to re-parent one’s self as an adult.
Books
A Pocket Guide to Women Artists Overlooked by History
Concise, pithy, and accessible, Susie Hodge’s The Short Story of Women Artists introduces readers to artists forgotten and obscured, many of whom are now rightly being reassessed.