Art
A John Cage Quote Unifies a Sprawling Show of Digital and Analog Art
Everything at Once, a vast group exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of Lisson Gallery, strings together an eclectic array of strong but thematically disparate works.
Reviews
Art
Using Abstraction as a Political Tool
On Documentary Abstraction, a show at ArtCenter/South Florida, asserts that abstraction — in painting, sculpture, and film — can document the sociopolitical zeitgeist.
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Aural Art Composed from Random Phone Calls
The artist Phil Collins has created a fraught, evocative listening experience that both isolates and connects.
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Making Out the Black Body in Swirling Images
When looking at the pieces in William Villalongo's Keep On Pushing exhibition, the question I'm faced with is: How do these bodies cohere?
Art
The 2017 Turner Prize Exhibition Puts Politics Front and Center
Diverse backgrounds are integral to this year's exhibition of the artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize, as, in each of the four micro-exhibitions, they are wielded to address pressing social issues.
Art
A Gleaming Shrine for Oscar Wilde
David McDermott and Peter McGough have built a shrine to Wilde in the basement of a church in Greenwich Village.
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A Digital Drawing that Morphs with Real-time Meteorological Data
Claire Malrieux's digital artwork "Climat Général" at the Collège des Bernardins features abstract forms that shift in response to weather data, evoking humanity's environmental impact.
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Bark Paintings That Were Pivotal Documents in an Aboriginal Sea Rights Case Go on View
The bark paintings in Gapu-Monuk Saltwater: Journey to Sea Country at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney were pivotal documents in a major case for indigenous sea rights.
Art
A Painted River of Gold Links a Group of Portraits
Marcia Marcus's paintings at Eric Firestone Gallery, which span the late 1950s to early '70s, are connected by a thread of iridescent material.
Film
A Dark Comedy Finds Society’s Problems Reflected in the Art World
Swedish director Ruben Östlund's satire The Square follows the misadventures of the chief curator of a fictional contemporary art museum.
Art
The Quiet Radicalism and Dry Humor of Early Gilbert & George
The duo's early work reveals how they opened the door to truly seeing queer bodies in art.
Art
The Myths and Failures of Modern Khmer Architecture
Albert Samreth examines the fading legacy of New Khmer Architecture, which wanted to represent recently independent Cambodia as authentically Khmer, but also legibly modern.