Art
Questioning Our Pastoral Fantasies at a Blue-Chip Gallery's Rural Outpost
The rural-chic Hauser & Wirth Somerset has an exhibition that contrasts our idealized expectations of the countryside with the historic realities of agrarian living.
Reviews
Film
In Berlin, a Celebration of Soviet Might Takes on Nationalist, Pro-Russia Overtones
In his documentary Victory Day, Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa unflinchingly captures a ceremony in Berlin commemorating the Soviet defeat of the Nazis.
Books
A Graphic Novel Considers How to Raise a Feminist
Even before her daughter was born, artist Tyler Cohen was determined to raise a feminist.
Art
When Contemporary Art Feels Too Inaccessible
Some artists seem to negate any attempt at communication with the viewer, and pass on the inconvenient responsibility of generating some coherent meaning to curators.
Art
Rediscovering a Lost 17th-Century Wunderkammer and Its Treasures
At the Yale Center for British Art, treasures from a lost 17th-century wunderkammer are reunited with a painting of its wonders.
Books
A Cartoonist’s Early Morning Art-Making Ritual
According to Grant Snider, "genius" is: 1% inspiration, 29% perspiration, 5% improvisation, 8% aspiration, 7% contemplation, 15% exploration, 13% daily frustration, 11% imitation, 10.9% desperation, and 0.1% pure elation.
Performance
As Governments Build Walls Between Us, Tapping into the Creative Potential of Destruction
Summoning within her own body the necessary force to make the assemblage crumble, Foulkes transforms the dancer-sculpture duet into an aerial mosh pit.
Books
An Artist's Portrait of State Violence in a Contested Corner of Turkey
Originally conceived as a video monument project, Still Life is a book that juxtaposes the Roboski families with the Turkish government’s war on terror.
Art
The Artist Who Sketched a Famine in India
Chittaprosad, an artist known for his sketches and prints and who documented a famine in the book Hungry Bengal, began his artistic tenure as an illustrator and sketch artist for the Communist Party of India in the early 1940s.
Books
A Philosopher's Journey to the Real
In Journey to the Land of the Real we get a glimpse of the utter foreignness that Victor Segalen experienced in China over a century ago.
Art
Scott Stack Rethinks the Rules of Op Art
A number of Stack’s paintings look as if a storm swept through the repetitive patterns of Op Art, breaking them into shards.
Art
Judy Ledgerwood’s Blunt Celebrations of Female Sexuality
A delicious tension animates Ledgerwood’s combination of decorous pattern and thick, dripping paint.