Books
Documenting the Journeys of Syrian Refugees in Comics
Escaping Wars and Waves culls Olivier Kugler's contributions to Harper's, Le Monde diplomatique, The New Yorker, and more.
Reviews
Art
Ellen Berkenblit’s Outcasts, Animals, and Body Parts
Berkenblit’s mastery is the visual equivalent of someone who can write fluently in three different languages.
Art
The Making of an American Original
In the age of 40-character electronic announcements and Instagram, Kathy Butterly has slowed looking down to a snail’s pace.
Art
Paintings Glimpsed from a Taxi
Stephen Westfall seems to be the geometric painter who cannot do variations on a motif, which gives his work an interesting twist.
Music
Mitski's Eclectic Emo
The New York folk-punk singer writes short, scary songs with holes and twists and choruses that never repeat, and unexpected endings.
Art
Looking for Leonardo in Verrocchio's Studio
Leonardo’s hand is fleshed out in this exhibition, but so is that of Lorenzo di Credi, Jacopo del Sellaio, and other workshop assistants to whom no name can be attached.
Art
Instagram Cats
Sharon Butler’s new paintings based on iPad drawings are telling you, quite frankly, that surfaces matter.
Books
The View from the NY Art Book Fair Zine Tent: 8 Zines You Want to Know About
This year's zinesters brought some of the most playful, provocative, and interesting items on display, and here are some notable picks.
Art
Imagining a Photo Archive of the American West When Mexico Ruled the Land
Because images of the West were created after 1848, we have few visual references to the region during its Mexican era. One artist wants to correct that art historical schism.
Art
How the Fusion of Photography, Collage, and Printing Present a Portrait of Wallace Berman
A small exhibition of Wallace Berman’s Verifax collages and photographs from the mid- to late-1960s operates like music in establishing a theme and exploring it through several variations.
Art
Perversely Romantic Encounters with Death’s Inevitability
An obviously keen eye and dry sense of humor is behind this throng of carved skulls decorated with precious stones, skeletons, amulets, rosaries, and engravings from Europe and Asia.
Art
Chicanx Artists Challenge the Mythology of the Alamo
In The Other Side of the Alamo: Art Against the Myth, artists reflect on how the so-called "Shrine of Texas Liberty" reinforces a narrative of Anglo hegemony over the American southwest.