Art
A Searing Show Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of the 1992 LA Uprising
Re-Imagine Justice at the Community Coalition takes a deeper look at the causes of the uprising while highlighting current issues of injustice and inequality.
Reviews
Film
Glimpses of Laurie Simmons’s Life and Art in Her First Feature Film
Laurie Simmons’s new feature film, My Art, screening at the Tribeca Film Festival, includes many metafictional nods to the artist's real life.
Art
The Liberation of '90s R&B Divas
In her solo show at American Medium, E. Jane reconsiders the musical genre as a site of black freedom.
Art
A Photographer’s Images of a Changing Seoul After the Korean War
An exhibition at ICP at Mana showcases the pictures made by Han Youngsoo upon returning from the front line.
Film
Known for Silent Movies About Buildings, a Filmmaker Turns to Music and Conversation
Two films marking a new phase of Heinz Emigholz’s prolific career are being screened at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Art of the Real series.
Art
A Flattened World Full of Intimacy
In his solo show at Terrault Contemporary, Devin N. Morris suggests that touching paper need not differ from touching flesh.
Books
Remixing Six Centuries of Iconic Graphic Designs
In a new book, Phaidon considers the unexpected and deliberate connections between 500 of our most recognizable images.
Art
Parsing a Performance Art Festival in Terms of Labor and Ritual
The exuberant and enigmatic artists at the International Festival of Performance Art in Fort-de-France either approached performance as physical labor or abstract ritual.
Film
A Long Overdue Biopic Tells Tom of Finland’s Life Story
A biographical film about the Finnish adman and expert draughtsman who made exquisite drawings of explicit gay erotic encounters is playing at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Film
A Long-Censored Chilean Filmmaker Revisits a Documentary 30 Years Later
Playing at Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Art of the Real series, This Is the Way I Like It II is a playful, entangled follow-up to Ignacio Agüero's 1985 film.
Art
The Timeless Blackness of Balenciaga’s Dresses
An exhibition at the Musée Bourdelle showcases some 60 pieces designed by Cristóbal Balenciaga, highlighting his sculptural manipulations of black fabric.
Performance
Fruits of a Fictitious Expedition Fill the Oldest Built Museum in the United States
H.T. Darling's Incredible Musaeum in Baltimore's 1814 Peale Museum, the first built museum in the United States, offers visitors a complex narrative of time travel and colonialism.