Art
Seeing Beyond Basquiat's Market Value
With Basquiat’s work transformed into an overhyped commodity, it can seem difficult to assess it for ourselves.
Reviews
Books
Beguiling Photographs of Pancakes Cast As Moons
Can a book of pancake photographs lead you to question the power of images in general? Well, this one is pretty convincing.
Film
A Documentary Lays Bare the Absurdity of the Art Market
The Price of Everything, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, looks at the trends and gambles of the art market.
Art
The Renaissance of Renée Cox
In Soul Culture, Cox is again front and center, but also directs our attention to a cast of colorful characters who include her peers, protégés, and sons Tosh and Ziggy.
Books
A Visual Typology of Japanese Logos
Japanese design often stands apart from design in other countries because it seems to follow its own path.
Art
Ebony Patterson Searches for the Lives of the Unknown Dead in a Jamaica Massacre
Patterson, a native Jamaican, raises a litany of questions around the unidentified dead in the 2010 Tivoli Incursion in Kingston.
Books
Photographs of the Vanishing Southern Pinelands, an Ecosystem that Thrives Through Fire
In 2010, photographer Chuck Hemard began documenting what remains of the longleaf pinelands in the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States.
Art
Lucio Fontana's Surprising, Enveloping Installations
Among Fontana’s least-known works, the Spatial Environments feel like the pieces that can allow for a better understanding of the depth and breadth of the artist’s practice, which is too often solely associated with the famous cut-up paintings.
Art
160 Years of Ice Skating in New York City
Ice skating in New York reveals the history of social spaces in the city that helped shape the foundations of modern life.
Art
Portraits of Breasts that Tell Surprisingly Intimate Stories
Clarity Haynes doesn't give us a face to look at, forcing the eye to find hints of identity in a bitten thumbnail, a tattoo, or a piece of jewelry.
Film
A New Documentary Reveals the Living, Breathing Joseph Beuys
For the first documentary ever made about Beuys, director Andres Veiel dug into the archives, creating a film that is 95% footage of the artist.
Art
Revisiting Elizabeth Catlett’s Legacy in 12 Powerful Sculptures
An exhibition at Burning in Water remembers Catlett's long and remarkable career in sculpting the female form.