Art
How Pre-Columbian Art Influenced Josef Albers
The Josef Albers in Mexico exhibition is a necessary corrective to Albers’s reputation as more pedagogue than painter and the misconception that abstraction can ever be free of outside influence.
Reviews
Film
Marion Cotillard and Charlotte Gainsbourg Spar in a Haunting Love Triangle
French filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin's latest, Ismael's Ghosts, offers a nuanced look at how women in mid-life grapple with fear and loneliness.
Art
A Young Designer’s Pulpy and Surprisingly Personal Furniture
Thomas Barger, whose material of choice is colorful paper pulp, is part of a generation of adventurous furniture designers reshaping their field in the US.
Art
How German Artists Rebuilt an Art Scene After World War II
This exhibition includes the work of nearly 50 artists all living and working under varying circumstances during World War II, and who all reemerged to begin reshaping German art after it ended.
Art
The Father of Iranian Surrealism Gets a Major Retrospective in His Homeland
In this retrospective of Ali Akbar Sadeghi's work, visitors enter the labyrinthine world of the artist's practice which includes paintings, illustrations, poems, sculptures, stained glass, installations, and animation.
Art
Enchanting and Unsettling Art that Imitates the Natural World
The Nature of Things, a two-woman show in Brooklyn, explores the boundary between life and death, between the natural and unnatural.
Performance
An Exuberant Exhibition Embodies the History of American Modernist Ballet
Transmissions shows, deftly and in detail, that ballet is not the rigid art form that some envision it to be.
Art
The Rich History of Video Art from 1973 to Today
This vast collection of video art reveals how artists have been speaking back to mass modes of communication for decades.
Art
Wearing Camouflage as an Allegory for Otherness and Belonging
Joiri Minaya presents a series of color photographs along with poetically descriptive texts that reflect on the immigrant experience.
Film
You Can't Unsee Unsane, Steven Soderbergh’s Thriller About Mental Illness
Unsane reveals how entire institutions deny people's individual experiences, demanding they submit to the official version of reality.
Art
Connecting the Lives of Colonized People Around the World
Initially designed to raise awareness of Sahrawi refugees living in Western Sahara, an exhibition takes a sprawling look at the legacies of colonialism.
Art
The Beauty and Horror of Medusa, an Enduring Symbol of Women’s Power
Dangerous Beauty: Medusa in Classical Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores how the snake-haired Gorgon transformed from a hideous monster into a beautiful femme fatale.