Art Review
Giuseppe Penone Captures the Breath of the World
A show takes us inside the practice of an artist who has been meditating on the climate for more than 50 years.
Reviews
Art Review
Leigh Bowery Was His Own Artwork
In a contemporary society made creatively bland by the homogenizing factor of social media, one yearns again for such an original artist.
Art Review
Dana Awartani’s Gentle Reparation of Gaza
This beautiful and understated show provides a moving foil to the horror of Israel’s war in Palestine.
Art Review
Sonya Clark’s Communal Tapestry
A mid-career survey at two Houston institutions redirects discourse from her hair works toward her fiber and collaborative works.
Art Review
Caribbean Artists Take on the Myth of Tropical Escapism
The art in Land. Sea. Sugar. Salt. reflects on the vastness and precarity of the Caribbean landscape, the ebb and flow of its rising sea levels, and coastline erosion.
Film Review
At 82, Meredith Monk May Finally Get Her Due
A new documentary honors the underrecognized avant-garde artist’s prolific output and celebrates her singular vision.
Art Review
A Photographic History of Queer Intimacy
A show of more than 270 works dating from the mid-19th century to now tells of evolving technology and customs.
Art Review
Chinese Bronzes Blur the Line Between Original and Copy
An exhibition champions 12th-to-19th-century bronzes dismissed as copies, yet struggles with its own definitions of originality.
Art Review
The Artists Who Made a “Sculpto-Pictorama” of Manhattan
With a zest for New York City and its people, Ruckus Manhattan by Red Grooms and Mimi Gross chooses celebration over hopelessness.
Art Review
Casa Susanna Is a Glimpse Into a Midcentury Refuge for Trans Women
As exciting as it is to see snapshots of this community, it’s just a tiny taste of the vast and long-standing history of trans people around the globe.
Art Review
The Asian Modernists of Paris
Across more than 220 works by Asian artists, a landmark exhibition tells a different story of the city’s golden age.
Art Review
Helina Metaferia Takes Back the Museum
The Ethiopian-American artist creates her own artifacts to highlight a lineage of Black female activism.