Music
Two Sprawling and Disorderly Trap Albums
Migos and Rae Sremmurd streamline voguish rap conventions into digestible product.
Reviews
Art
Outsider Art Comes to the Metropolitan Museum
The entry of works from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation into the Met’s collection has prompted the museum to rethink the way it presents 20th-century art history.
Art
Chronicling the Stains of History
Born three years after Hitler’s rise to power, the Austrian artist Bruno Gironcoli wandered a postwar mindscape of grim hallucinations and grimmer jokes.
Art
How Archaeology Has Fueled Successful Art Experiments
An arts festival in Athens created an opportunity for international artists to think through the power and impact of archeology on nationalism and history.
Art
Leon Golub's Visions of Raw, Endless Violence
We cannot escape violence, Golub suggests. We cannot overcome it or circumvent it or negotiate with it.
Art
The Importance of Havana's First Alternative Biennial for the Cuban Art Scene
In order to understand the importance of an alternative biennial, one needs to look closely at the history of biennials in Cuba.
Art
Unpacking the Legacy of an Indigenous Uprising in Norway
A rich combination of artworks, set in a labyrinth relating art, duodji, books and archival materials, tells the long and anguished story of Norway's treatment of indigenous Sámi communities.
Film
One Man’s Quixotic Quest to Walk Every Mile of New York City
The World Before Your Feet follows Matt Green as he spends years walking all 8,000 miles of New York City's roads, sidewalks, parks, cemeteries, and overlooked edges.
Art
A Golden Critique of Colonialism
Carlos Rolón's latest body of work transforms the iconography of Spanish colonialism in the Americas while elevating memories and images from his childhood in Chicago's Puerto Rican community.
Art
Images of Joy in Central Park from 1970s New York
The photographs in the exhibition at the Arsenal Gallery create a sub-narrative to New York during its time of crisis, imparting an uncommon joie de vivre in a story that is commonly defined in terms of disintegration and sadness.
Art
The Alluring Dance of Selfies and Self-Portraits
An exhibition in Venice celebrates the glitz and grandeur of self-portraits by star artists at a time when members of the public are increasingly wary about sharing images of themselves.
Art
An Exhibition that Posits Art as Evidence of Environmental Collapse
The current show at the SculptureCenter demonstrates how far contemporary artists have gone to transform their work into documentary evidence on the political threshold.