Art
The Larger-Than-Life Art of Tamara de Lempicka
Marrying synthetic Cubism with 16th-century Italian Mannerism and the sensuality of Jean-Dominique Ingres, the artist's work and life seem made for the silver screen.
Reviews
Art
Whitfield Lovell Quarries Black Histories
Across installations, paintings, and drawings, the artist searches for community and ancestries.
Art
Visions of a Future Past
Architect Paul Rudolph’s unbuilt projects live on as unborn dreams, specters of progress that, even when confined to vellum, widen our vision.
Art
An Emotional Journey Through Tracey Emin’s Art
Emin accomplishes what any great artist must do — turn the sacrificing of privacy into the spark of human connectivity.
Art
Maura Brewer Pulls Back the Curtain on Art Investors
The Los Angeles artist examines the contemporary phenomenon of art as asset class by focusing on the financial dealings of a billionaire investor and MoMA trustee.
Art
The Nimble Porosity of Chantal Akerman
She was one of the first filmmakers to make the leap from cinema to museum spaces, which allowed her greater freedom and the pleasure of demanding more viewer participation.
Art
What Happens When Creation Is Destruction?
The art of Cai Guo-Qiang and Gustav Metzger illuminates a problem in art-making today: What happens when creative pursuits, in fact, destroy?
Art
Elizabeth Catlett’s Life as a Revolutionary Artist
A retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum conveys that Catlett’s artistic practice was inseparable from her dedication to Black and Mexican revolutionary politics.
Art
Artists Wrestle With Global Turmoil at the Toronto Biennial
The third edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art (TBA) suggests that we can make a home through scarcity and find merriment and beauty amid instability.
Books
A Mother-Daughter Inheritance Illustrated in Thread and Ink
Galician artist Bea Lema navigates themes of generational trauma and healing, tenderly illustrating the story of a daughter who desperately wants to protect her mother.
Book Review
The Legendary Weavers of Black Mountain College
As a new book shows, the school’s teachings continue to influence creative practices.
Art
Hew Locke Probes the British Museum’s History
The volume of problematic artifacts Locke uncovered in the British Museum’s archives illustrates the fundamental importance of objective historical research.