Art
Kara Walker's Show is a Painful, Necessary Reminder That US Culture Wars Never Ended
Walker's drawn and collaged images depicting haunting scenes of abuse and violence refuse to let us look away from America's bloody past and present.
Reviews
Art
Manuel Neri's Chromatic Chaos
Apparent in Manuel Neri's works with plaster figures is a kind of dualism: they reference classical forms while also radiating contemporary anxiety and subjectivity.
Art
A Painter Who Merged Korean Art Traditions with Abstract Expressionism
A retrospective at the Korea Society sheds light on the work of a painter who joined Korean influences and techniques with Abstract Expressionism.
Art
How Three Photojournalists Documented the Aftermath of 38 Years of Political Turmoil in Taiwan
An exhibition looks at photographs from a period of political awakening after a troubling era known as the "White Terror" in Taiwan.
Books
A Mysterious 17th-Century Artist Who Saw Visions in Firewood's Rings
In What Heaven Looks Like art historian James Elkins imagines the artist behind a series of 17th-century visions painted from the ends of firewood logs.
Art
In Chelsea, Three Disappointing Art Exhibitions (And One Pleasant Surprise)
Finding a lot of forgettable work from renowned artists, and an unexpectedly happy encounter with a classic.
Art
Delicate Paintings from Drag Icon Vaginal Davis Meet Monumental Sculpture From Louise Nevelson
With 20 tiny paintings and one hefty sculpture, an unexpected pairing of artists offers a nuanced take on femininity.
Art
An Exhibition Turns a Tibetan Art Museum into a Musical Instrument
The World Is Sound at the Rubin Museum asks visitors to listen to Tibetan Buddhist art with their whole body.
Art
The Heavy Light of Christopher Wilmarth's Drawings and Sculptures
For Wilmarth, light and life were inextricably linked — a connection that shone in his art of steel, glass, and paper.
Books
If These Books Could Talk, This Is What They’d Say
In a collection of one-page graphic stories, anthropomorphic books and imaginative characters take on God, museums, and identity crises.
Art
Philadelphia's Monument Lab Asks, "What's Right for Public Space?"
In Philadelphia, artists including Mel Chin, Hank Willis Thomas, Karyn Olivier, and Michelle Angela Ortiz create new possibilities for monuments in public spaces.
Art
An Exhibition About Blindness Engages All the Senses
In Naples, using sight, sound, voice, and movement to evoke the varied experiences of blindness.