Art
Allora & Calzadilla Confront Puerto Rico's Fraught Relationship with the US
The Puerto Rico-based artist duo examine a tense, close connection with a poetic show using sculpture, performance, photo, and video.
Reviews
Film
A French Director Who Turned the Experience of May ‘68 into Intimate Cinema
A retrospective of Philippe Garrel's films at Metrograph tracks their evolution from revolutionary hopefulness to disenchantment, hallucinatory metaphor, and poetic autobiography.
Art
A Major Collection Considers New Ways to Tell the Story of Latin American Art
On its 15th anniversary, the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation presents works from its Grants and Commissions Program, which has supported over 120 artists from Latin America in that time.
Art
A Wedding Ceremony Takes the Shape of an Art Exhibition
In Baltimore, two artists have upended the traditional wedding, realizing it as a month-long gallery exhibition and queer performance series.
Books
A Guide to the World's Most Intriguing Cemeteries
199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die by Loren Rhoads chronicles the unexpected art and beauty of burial grounds around the world.
Books
A New Dawn for an Italian Modernist’s Book About the Night
Bruno Munari's 1956 art book In the Darkness of the Night takes readers on an illustrated journey from night to morning.
Art
The Emotional Pull of Metal, Paper, and Light
The sculptor's drawings and maquettes reflect his efforts to abstract the formal qualities of light, space, and time.
Performance
A Palestinian Play’s Gutting Portrayal of Fighters Besieged in the Church of the Nativity
The story of a 39-day siege at the church traditionally said to mark the birthplace of Jesus Christ casts human emotions into stark relief amid almost unimaginable circumstances.
Art
Grappling with the Hudson River School
In an exhibition at the former home of Frederic Edwin Church, a key member of the movement, Teresita Fernández reimagines the legacy of American landscape painting.
Art
The Nourishing Relationship of Jules Olitski and Anthony Caro
An exhibition at Paul Kasmin Gallery offers a capsule vision of the relationship of the two artists during these formative years.
Art
Inventive, Mysterious Paintings that Exceed Expectations
Jeff Sonhouse's exhibition at Tilton Gallery is visually rewarding and acutely intelligent.
Books
Loved to Death: A Photographer's Tribute to Discarded Library Books
Stamped "DISCARD" or "WITHDRAWN," the books in photographer Kerry Mansfield's Expired have been exiled from the libraries where they were loved.