Art
Adrián Villar Rojas Excavates Greece’s National Identity
Adrián Villar Rojas's new installation at the National Observatory of Athens prompts thoughts about how far we should dive into the depths of our own past.
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Art
When Comics Abandon Narrative and Venture into Abstraction
An exhibition at Printed Matter features 15 artists whose serial comics play with the conventions of narrative.
Art
Artistic Responses to the Systemic Inequalities in US Education
For this Smack Mellon exhibition, artists were given textual prompts regarding education, particularly how it relates to the historical struggles for social equity and justice.
Art
Wielding Instruments Like Weapons, a Marching Band Sweeps Through Mexico City
Erick Meyenberg's The wheel bears no resemblance to a leg reflects on modern Mexican society as a machine powered by the mechanisms of the state.
Art
An Enveloping Soundscape Conceived in the 1970s Is Realized for the First Time
Inside Doug Wheeler's Synthetic Desert, the traffic of New York City, the din of the museum, the chaotic noise of everyday life — it all evaporates.
Film
A Black Girl's Body You Might Save From Drowning
Adapted from a play, Bronx Gothic is a must-see film that will linger with you for days.
Film
Michael Snow Takes Capitalism to Comic, Cartoonish Extremes
The moving image artist's 2002 video *Corpus Callosum launches an onslaught of video effects at indifferent office workers and couch potatoes.
Film
The Life Story of Blade Runner’s Screenwriter, Told Through His Minor Movie Roles
The way director Michael Almereyda mines images of Hampton Fancher’s decades of acting work makes Escapes unique among film industry documentaries.
Art
Marble Reliefs that Flow Against the Tide of Contemporary Life
New marble works by Bob Clyatt reveal an interest in exploring the maelstrom of the modern world.
Art
Help the New York Public Library Geotag Enigmatic NYC Photos
The New York Public Library has thousands of historical photographs and illustrations of NYC that you can help geotag with a new tool called "Surveyor."
Art
The Many Shades of Glenn Ligon’s Blue Black
In a new exhibition, Glenn Ligon explores the idea of "blue black" as it manifests not only in black identity but also in American culture.
Art
Degas and His Fascination with 19th-Century Hat Culture
The exhibit at the Legion of Honor Museum includes paintings by Impressionists, along with period hats and bonnets embellished with silk flowers, ribbons, plumes, and feathers.