Art
Luis Camnitzer’s Critique of Power Is as Relevant as Ever
Camnitzer’s retrospective at the Museo Reina Sofía surveys his ironic, bluntly critical work since the 1960s.
Reviews
Film
Two Feminist Directors Who Exposed the Trials of Working Class Women
While the female protagonists in Barbara Loden's Wanda and Susan Seidelman's Smithereens may be lost — and legitimately poor — the one thing they are not is self-pitying.
Books
Ranjit Hoskote's Poems Visit a Kingdom of Shadows
Hoskote's poems describe a landscape of doubt and loss.
Art
The Last Testament of Michael Mazur
At the end of his life, Mazur wanted to evoke his passage into chaos, to compose his farewell.
Art
The Politics of the Gallery Display
Gaylen Gerber's Supports, on view at the Arts Club of Chicago, continues to raise questions about what happens to an object when we place it in a gallery.
Books
Adrian Piper in Her Own Words
Piper is the rare artist whose practice is informed by her skills as a philosopher.
Art
Caravaggio’s Mark of Madness
Caravaggio may have eluded a death sentence by fleeing to Malta and Sicily, but in the end there was nowhere to run.
Art
What It Means to Dream Avant-Garde
To Dream Avant-Garde acknowledges the artistic innovators of today — those who push the cultural status quo in their work.
Film
Björk’s Movie Debut, The Juniper Tree, Is Restored and Revisited
The movie was the first feature from Nietzchka Keene, who worked on microscopic budgets, often incorporating mythological or supernatural elements.
Art
A Fantastic Recreation of a Renaissance Cabinet of Curiosities
The Houston Museum of Natural Science brings back Ferrante Imperato's cabinets of curiosities in its decade-long exhibit.
Art
Some Dark and Satirical Takes on Misogyny
In Strange Girls, the mixed-media artist pokes fun at twisted gender dynamics through visual puns.
Performance
Spellbound by a Live Painting Performance on Election Night
Tashi Norbu, who draws on Buddhist thangka painting, recited mantras between bursts of activity at a crowded gallery.