Art
Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron Turn Surveillance into a Gimmick
Their new installation at the Park Avenue Armory features drones and facial-recognition technology, yet seems to have no politics at all.
Reviews
Art
Artworks Woven on the Loom and in Looping Video
Deep Time at Radiator Arts finds artists exploring the formal ties between textile and digital art.
Art
From Oyster Shells to Cardboard Bales, the Politics of Everyday Materials
Material Politics explores how socioeconomic growth, rapid gentrification, increased mobility, the rise of digital technology, and lasting colonial legacies impact the materials used in Australian art.
Art
Playing Out Art Fantasies on the Phone with Customer Service
Artist Frank Heath collaborates with performers to speak with call center representatives, under the guise of service requests that quickly devolve into open-ended registers of existential distress.
Art
How Finland Helped Shape American Midcentury Modernism
When architect Eliel Saarinen moved to the US and designed Cranbrook, he brought his Finnish heritage with him.
Film
In a New Documentary, Errol Morris Turns His Camera on a Polaroid Portraitist
Errol Morris's film about the photographer Elsa Dorfman touches on big questions about cycles of life and obsolescence, but remains doggedly cheerful.
Art
Embracing Femininity in Florid and Fierce Portraits
In her show at Albertz Benda, Sydney-based artist Del Kathryn Barton presents her unflinching nude figures with stoic faces and brazenly bared breasts.
Art
The Subversive Works of China's First Video Artist
Zhang Peili, who's having his first American retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago, rejects the government's use of media for entertainment and propaganda.
Performance
Going Backstage with a Theater’s Ghosts
"Ghost Light" by Third Rail Projects uses every dressing room and stairwell of Lincoln Center's Claire Tow Theater to immerse audiences in the mechanics and magic of the theater.
Art
An Inclusive Documenta Succeeds Despite Curatorial Failures
The most successful arc of Documenta 14 is not accomplished by any of its symbolic gestures, but through the consistent and merited presence of non-white, non-heteronormative artists throughout.
Art
Join the "League of Lonely Geologists" on a Digital Quest for Strange Rocks
The League of Lonely Geologists is a game of finding rocks, sharing them with strangers, and hurling them into a mysterious space portal.
Film
A Documentary Recap of Reagan’s Presidency, the Original Political Reality TV Show
Composed entirely of archival footage and news reports, The Reagan Show highlights how the 40th US President treated his time in office as an extension of his acting career.