Art
A Show of Luminous Paintings, Overshadowed by Crowded Curation
Tara Sabharwal can make objects float in the neither-here-nor-there ether.
Reviews
Books
A New Compendium of Bizarre and Banal Soviet Stuff
A new book highlights candy wrappers, cigarette packs, radios, vacuums, cars, and other items from the collection of the Moscow Design Museum.
Books
A Graphic Novel that Basks in the Aura of Film
Herman by Trade reads just like a storyboard for a film — perfectly fitting for a tale of a humble street cleaner caught up in the frustrating process of open auditions for a movie.
Film
Style Transcends Story in Winter Brothers, a Film Set in a Limestone Mine
Hlynur Pálmason’s movie injects some fresh blood into the sometimes moribund state of cinema.
Books
How David Lynch's Mulholland Drive Has Influenced Contemporary Art
The authors of a book about Lynch's influence on art try too hard to crack the mystery of his film Mulholland Drive.
Film
Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs Has Bark But Lacks Bite
In a film set in futuristic Japan, Wes Anderson and his collaborators try to achieve more than cultural appropriation, with mixed results.
Books
How the Evolution of Graphic Design Lines Up with Historical Events
Covering the span of 1890 to 1959, A Visual History of Graphic Design illustrates design advancements alongside historical events, from the founding of Pepsi-Cola to the stock market crash.
Art
Mark Bradford Appropriates Comic Books and Delves Into the Sublime
Bradford's new paintings tell us how much we don’t know.
Art
The Unwanted Guest at Modernism’s Table
Martin Barré’s work refutes the American view that painting is something that could be used up — as if it came in a pail rather than a well.
Art
Cy Twombly’s Extravagant Synesthesia
Rosalind Krauss misreads Twombly in more ways than I can enumerate.
Books
The Impossible Beauty of New York's 1980s Ballroom Scene
Joseph Cassara depicts the harrowing effects of AIDS on a community that was systematically dismissed and under-served by the city of New York.
Music
A K-Pop Flash in the Darkness
As with any deceased musician, there’s the temptation to speculate how much Jonghyun’s real-life suffering informed the music.