Art
This Way to the First-Ever Show of Women Sign Painters
The Pre-Vinylette Society at the Chicago Art Department is an inspiring exhibition with a vibrant display of over 60 women sign painters from nine countries around the world.
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Art
From Immigrant Stories to Environmental Dread, EXPO Chicago Gets Dark
The Midwest's mega-fair seems less concerned with the bottom line, making space for politics.
Art
An Off-Kilter Homage to Boston's 18th-Century Quaker Architecture
Mark Reigelman II's colorful public art piece is made up of 20 different parts using traditional woodworking techniques.
Art
An Exhibition About Revolution that Keeps Faith with Ringgold
It is a great irony that the Faith Ringgold's first public commission was effectively imprisoned for over 40 years, but this situation raises valuable questions regarding our notions of the public and how that public is served.
Art
A Climate Change Bakery Serving Coal Treats Is Coming to Gowanus
Artist Spencer Merolla's "Coal Comforts" is a pop-up bakery serving treats made from coal ash to encourage dialogue on climate change and pollution.
Art
The Few But True Artists Committed to Community
Constant as the Sun at the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art impels us to interrogate what people mean when they say the word “we.”
Art
The German Art Collector Who Introduced the “Blue Four” Artists to the US
After leaving Germany in 1924, Galka Scheyer dedicated her life to circulating the artwork of the interwar European avant-garde in the United States.
Art
A Border Crossing Simulation Probes Virtual Reality’s Ethical Limitations
Alejandro González Iñárritu's immersive triptych at LACMA offers visitors the opportunity to experience the treacherous journey across the border between the US and Mexico.
Art
Otherworldly Sound Art that Repels and Attracts
Massimo Bartolini’s Four Organs, at the Fondazione Merz, is an exhibition that forms an intoxicating experience of sound.
Art
Bringing the Theatricality of Magic and Comedy to Art
Lindsey White, a recipient of SFMOMA's 2017 SECA Art Award, challenges assumptions and orthodoxies in irreverent photographs, sculptures, and installations.
Film
Standout Shorts from the Toronto International Film Festival
The festival has a choice selection of experimental works under its Wavelengths banner, from a documentary about Standing Rock to a film on black activist poetry in Detroit.
Art
Exploring Blackness in Enigmatic, Black-and-White Fragments
Kameelah Janan Rasheed’s exhibition on Governors Island is overwhelming in its maximalism as it attempts to address the enormous issue of blackness.