Film
A Yayoi Kusama Documentary Tracks a Life in Polka Dots
Kusama – Infinity spotlights both the artist's radically successful career and how art can be a method of healing.
Reviews
Art
Using Mirrors to See van Eyck Reflected in the Pre-Raphaelites
This exhibition demonstrates Van Eyck’s influence on the Pre-Raphaelite through visual comparisons which satisfyingly reveal a complex relationship between two otherwise disparate art movements.
Film
Female Filmmakers Intimately Tell Women's Stories
A new series at Metrograph features documentaries made by women directors — from Chantal Akerman and Peggy Ahwesh to Yvonne Rainer and Claire Simon — about women's lives.
Books
Performing European Traditions in the US and Reviving American Myths in Europe
In her book EUSA, photographer Naomi Harris documents Bavarian and Danish festivals in the US, Wild West theme parks in Europe, and other reciprocal cross-Atlantic cultural rituals.
Art
A Game Takes You Into Deep Dreaming
Ultimately, Black Room is able to balance the personal and the impersonal, linear progressions, and dream logic.
Art
A Mother-Child Bunk Bed Becomes a Symbol of Commodification
Altogether, Amy Lien's and Enzo Camacho's installation presents a disturbing view of the current state of pressures on the mother-child relationship, which can end up with material goods taking the place of intimacy.
Performance
Oral Histories of Three US Families Facing Poverty and Hunger
Pang! is a play that takes the form of live radio, asking the audience to fill in the gap between what they see and hear.
Art
Reflections on Belonging and Exile in the Stories of 14 Resettled Refugees
The focal point of José Carlos Teixeira's exhibition On Exile is a film documenting the stories of refugees living in Cleveland.
Books
The Enterprising Illusionists of 19th-Century Spirit Photography
What does the continuing popularity of books about 1850s spiritualism and ghost photography say about us today?
Art
A Performance Inspired by Minimalist Composer Julius Eastman Misses the Mark
Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste and LaMont Hamilton's performance "Evil Nigger" was the first in a series celebrating the life and work of Eastman.
Art
Two Rodin Shows Cast the Sculptor’s Legacy in Very Different Lights
Two Rodin shows place the first modernist sculptor in historical context.
Art
Signs of Absence Burnt into Material Memory
In the gallery you can smell this state of being in absentia.