Art
The Violent Forms of Alexander Calder And Cady Noland
The dialogue among four works — two by each artist — suggests a dissonant string quartet as each piece asserts its distinctive timbre and range.
Reviews
Art
Lisa Sigal’s Cardboard Utopia
In Sigal’s work, seemingly solid things fall apart, dissolve or otherwise evanesce, and fugitive forms gain substance.
Art
Judith Bernstein's Horror Show
There may be no artist in America better equipped to express the perversity of the Trump administration than Bernstein.
Performance
A Performance Digs Into the Family History on a Found 1950s Wire Recorder
Say Something Bunny! is a live documentary that excavates the found audio of a 1950s family, and considers what makes these mundane moments compelling.
Art
The Politics of Representing Landscapes
Unsettled, an exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art, in Reno, explores how artists have interpreted the dramatic landscapes of the western edge of the American continents.
Art
The Expanded Listening Experience of a Polyphonic Sound Installation
With just a bit of attention, one can enjoy radically spatialized music, with voice and sounds experienced in ways far different to stereo listening.
Art
Eloquent Photo-portraits of 60 Contemporary Artists of Color
Elia Alba’s photo-portraits act as a kind of measure of the intimacy she has earned with her subjects.
Art
A Puzzle Game Inspired by the Mathematics of Islamic Art
Engare by Iranian developer Mahdi Bahrami is a game of geometry and motion, inspired the tessellations that often adorn Islamic art and architecture.
Art
An Artist Who Made Her Personal Life Central to Her Art
Anna Maria Maiolino's first major US retrospective is as much about the progression of a career as about the progression of a life.
Film
Animals Cope with Apocalypse in a Hand-Drawn Animated Film
Alberto Vázquez's Birdboy seeks a visual language for dealing with adult themes through traditionally childlike devices.
Art
Overcoming Daily Life with Nayland Blake’s Daily Drawings
In drawing every day for nearly three years, Blake has produced a playful diaristic record of their moods and flights of fancy.
Performance
The Brooklyn Ballet’s Nutcracker Raises the Barre on Diversity
A Nutcracker that keeps the wintertime magic of Tchaikovsky's opulent score, while speaking the language of Brooklyn.