Art
When Encounters Between East and West Go Smoothly
At the Japan Society, Hiroshi Sugimoto: Gates of Paradise, legacies of inter-cultural encounter are seen through a lens of global understanding.
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Books
A Photographer Documents How Spirit Mediums in Myanmar and Thailand Blur Gender
Transcendents: Spirit Mediums in Thailand and Burma features photographs by Mariette Pathy Allen of the gender variance of participants in spirit cults.
Books
How the Animal Menagerie of Versailles Changed 17th-Century Art
1668: The Year of the Animal in France by Peter Sahlins delves into the radical influence of Louis XIV's menagerie at Versailles on the art of animals.
Art
Knitting Together the Beginnings of a Queer, Feminine Future
Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field reimagines the Museum of Arts and Design's third floor gallery space as an artist’s studio for two, both demystifying the process of fiber art making and allowing the artists to dialogue with a curious public.
Books
The Resonant Resistances of Political Poetry
Oakland-based publisher Commune Editions’ advocacy of community-based ethics animates volumes of poetry by Nanni Balestrini and Heriberto Yépez.
Art
A True Renegade Painter
The humor running through Sally Webster’s paintings can be goofy and good-natured. The intensity of her devotion to detail makes them more than that.
Art
Edvard Munch’s World Without Pity
Munch absorbed avant-garde styles but never became an avant-garde artist.
Art
The Atmospheric, Earthy Art of Ignacio Iturria
Iturria’s art is shot through with melancholy, nostalgia, romance, gentle humor, and an abiding sense of curiosity about what makes people tick.
Music
The Quintessential Millennial Romance Album
Khalid, a 19-year-old vocal prodigy, looks at millennial culture and doesn’t see hedonism; it’s just life.
Art
Françoise Grossen's Gift of Quietude
Grossen's rope sculptures complicate the boundary between art and craft in a productive way.
Art
Surreal Scenes of the American West Ingeniously Rendered in Wood
Alison Elizabeth Taylor's intricate marquetry yields uncanny scenes and complex visual effects.
Books
Photographs of Men Who Believe They Are Christ's Second Coming
For The Last Testament, Jonas Bendiksen photographed seven men from around the world who each believe they are the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.