Art
Street Art Meets Aboriginal Culture in the Work of Reko Rennie
The artist challenges binaristic distinctions between “traditional” Aboriginal and contemporary art through works drawn from his expansive two-decade career.
Reviews
Film
Werner Herzog’s Anticlimatic Exploration of the Human Brain
The filmmaker seems out of his depth in Theater of Thought, too willing to let his subjects make questionable claims without pushing back or delving deeper.
Art
The Sinister Subtext of Farshid Bazmandegan’s Paintings
The artist’s latest show connects the art industry with geopolitics, urging us to examine our role in a complicated negotiation of denial and strategic ignorance.
Art
Sheila Hicks’s Faith in the Latent Power of Materials
An invigorating survey of mostly recent works by the American artist at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is a feast of rhythmic form and pulsating color.
Art
Cecilia Vicuña’s Poetry in Space
The artist suggests that like her fragile assemblages, peace demands care, balance, and the resolve to hold together what might otherwise fall apart.
Art
Alternate Landscapes of Diasporic Homelands
Samantha Box constructs altars to the interconnection between plant and human life while Sheida Soleimani creates collages imbued with familial memory.
Art
Samia Halaby’s Abstractions Map Displacement and Home
The trailblazing artist’s abstract paintings, on view in her first US museum retrospective, are luxurious fields of color and form, each one pulsating with its own energy.
Book Review
How Did the Korean Feminist Movement Influence Art?
A new book spans artists from the 1970s through today around 15 themes, including body art, queer politics, ecofeminism, and the North American diaspora.
Art
A Luminous Chapel to the Late Richard Mayhew
The artist personally picked out each piece and painted new works expressly for this exhibition during what turned out to be the final months of his life.
Art
A Show on Orphism Can’t Seem to Figure Out What That Is
The problem with Harmony and Dissonance is that its narrative is neither harmonious nor dissonant, but rather fragmented and vague.
Film
60 Years Before Wicked, a Movie Musical That Made Your Eyes Sing
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most brain-quiveringly beautiful films ever to flood a screen.
Film
The Beautiful Infinity of Tetris
A new documentary-game includes an interactive timeline, interviews, and of course, playable versions of the game.