Books
A Graphic Novel Asks, Why Art?
Eleanor Davis’s graphic novel Why Art? reflects an unadulterated belief in the power of art.
Reviews
Art
Mister Rogers, Art Critic
Along with being a minister, author, composer, lyricist, organist, teacher, and child-whispering lion, for a moment Fred Rogers was also an art critic.
Art
In Paris, an Omnivorous Asian Phantasmagoria
This sprawling show at the Musée du quai Branly encompasses a wealth of sepulchral, shrouded spirits meandering through Asia’s cultural purview.
Art
Victoria Beckham Spices Up Her Mayfair Boutique with Old Masters from Sotheby’s
Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham's London shop is hosting an art display of paintings from Sotheby's Old Master sale.
Art
Photographing the Costs of the Anthropocene
Naoya Hatakeyama’s photography reflects the human condition in our current age when we have removed ourselves from nature, secluded ourselves in the concrete trappings of roads, bridges, and buildings, far from mountains and the endless sky.
Film
Stanley Kubrick’s Lesser-Known Beginnings as a Photographer
An exhibit highlights the published and unpublished photos Kubrick snapped between 1945 and 1960, before he became the renowned filmmaker.
Books
The America that Wealth Forgot
Sarah Kendzior, in her book of essays, The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America, claims that economic crisis is the new normal.
Books
A Book on Art Protests Falters in the First Act But Deepens the Conversation
Whitewalling is an important book that provides historical context for our current and recent controversies around protest; however, it would have been a stronger effort if the author had adopted a more consistent analytical and rhetorical approach.
Art
Interactive, Dancing Machine Sculptures Play Out Courtship Rituals
Interaction Design students at the College for Creative Studies created a function, full-scale replica of Gordon Pask's visionary 1968 installation "Colloquy of Mobiles."
Art
Tribeca Art Spaces Yearn for Love in the Time of Cholera
We're not the first, or last, to live in dark times, but artists are continuously finding new ways to cope with these everyday realities through art.
Performance
An Interactive Play in Which the Audience Members Are Dinner Party Guests
When making conversation with actors during the show, we were confronted with an awareness of how performative such chit-chat is in real life.
Art
27 Artists Grapple with the Fractious Politics of Thailand
While the majority of the artists of Patani Semasa deal with the contentious politics of the region, they don’t propose solutions, or lean on simplistic answers.