Art
Blackness, Portraiture, and the Weight of Identity
Jeff Sonhouse's portraits provide a vision beyond the old identity models, making Blackness constitute a set of keys that let us onto an entirely different playground.
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Art
Dazzling WWI Camouflage Public Art Project Transforms a Historic New York Fireboat
To mark the centenary of World War I's end, a New York fireboat is repainted by artist Tauba Auerbach in a dazzling tribute to the era's most colorful camouflage.
Art
A Biennial Spotlights the Bonds Between Women
The Biennale d’Art Contemporain Autochtone, which this year partnered with indigenous artists and curators, was a showcase of the power of sisterhood.
Art
How Form Follows Feeling for Sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard
There is something neurologically thrilling about viewing Von Rydingsvard’s work.
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New York’s Newest LGBTQ Memorial Honors the Victims of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting
Anthony Goicolea's Memorial in Hudson River Park is New York state’s official monument honoring the LGBTQ community.
Film
A New Biopic on Gauguin in Tahiti Paints a Skewed Portrait
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti maneuvers around its subject's more questionable actions by pretending they don't exist.
Art
Haunting Oppressors as a Decolonial Strategy of Resistance
At Alice Gallery, indigenous and Asian Pacific American artists channel their ancestors. Because if there’s one thing ghosts have going for them, it’s staying power.
Art
Collaging Together Society's Ills
Clipping photos and phrases from army recruitment magazines, Theodore A. Harris began his decades-long critique of the relationship between militarism and capitalism.
Film
Asians in Hollywood
An Asian playing the part of a hero was inconceivable to Hollywood producers.
Art
One Painting Can Go a Long Way
William Tillyer's five-part painting “The Golden Striker” (2018), based on a landscape by John Constable, affirms that the possibilities of light cannot be exhausted.
Art
Yayoi Kusama’s Mesmerizing, Meditative Garden
Kusama’s installation connects with a broad reach of Rockaway's history, as well as the impact of climate change on the area.
Art
Michel Auder’s Images of Images
Jonas Mekas has called Auder a “voyeur par excellence.”