Art
A Stirring History of Cocktail Design
An exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art gathers design objects used in the creation and consumption of cocktails over more than a century.
Reviews
Art
Treading on Euphemisms for Women
At Galerie Lelong, one of China's most celebrated contemporary artists covers the floor with a three-inch-thick carpet literally woven out of dozens of words for "woman."
Art
At Frieze London, Feminism Sells, Paul Chan Slumps, and Nothing Ever Changes
At the London mega-fair, a special exhibition champions (and de-politicizes) feminist art, Hans-Ulrich Obrist is everywhere, and political art is conspicuously absent.
Performance
A New Opera Tells the Story of a Paleoart Pioneer Through His Granddaughter's Eyes
On Site Opera's Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt in the dinosaur hall of the American Museum of Natural History explores the paleoart of Charles Knight.
Books
A Cartoonist's Dazzling History of NYC
Julia Wertz's new black-and-white book of comics, Tenements, Towers & Trash, is a stirring ode to America’s most densely populated metropolis.
Art
Inspired by Indian Ragas, an Installation of Sound and Light Heightens the Senses
At the MELA Foundation Dream House, Jung Hee Choi's Ahata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest XI seduces, disorients, and transforms.
Art
With a Wall of Photos, Bernadette Mayer Evokes a Landscape of Memories
Bernadette Mayer's installation of a wall of images from 1971 is far too evocative of my own history for me to step back and see it “objectively.”
Art
Moroccan Identity and Digital Culture Connect in an Internet-Age Funhouse
Meriem Bennani's dizzying, discomfiting, delightful installation at The Kitchen.
Art
Sculptural Paintings Oozing with Color
Leslie Wayne's richly layered paintings remind us of the playfulness and emotional range to be found in abstraction.
Art
From Swiss Cheese to DNA, the Inventions of a Seminal Playground Designer
The Art of Play explores the career of Jim Miller-Melburg, who holds a place — albeit an often nameless one — in our childhood memories.
Art
Watch Alexander Calder's Kinetic Sculptures in Rarely Activated Motion
Watch Alexander Calder's kinetic sculptures in rare activations through videos shared by the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Art
A Digital Art Tribute to Dada Gets an IRL Gallery Show
Launched in 2015, Dadaclub.online made high-quality scans of three dozen Dada works available for reinterpretation by new media artists. Now, 27 of the resulting remixes are on view in Paris.