Art
Hints of Queer Desire in Erased Pornographic Images
In Stephen Irwin's altered images of pornography magazines, figures previously engaged in sex acts are now alone, or barely present at all.
Reviews
Art
Self-Portraits of the Artist as Historical African Figures
In his debut US exhibition, Omar Victor Diop inserts conspicuously absent historical black male figures into Western art.
Art
Nina Katchadourian’s Playful, Persistent Questioning
A survey of the artist's work at the Blanton Museum of Art argues that there's a seriousness behind her irrepressible pluckiness.
Art
The Evolution of Diane Arbus in 35mm
The exhibition diane arbus: in the beginning gathers images the photographer shot between 1956 and 1962, when she started using the distinctive Rolleiflex camera with which she captured her most famous photos.
Art
Tapestries Depict the Anger and Intimacy of the Human Struggle
Christina Forrer's colorful and gripping tapestries, currently on view at the Swiss Institute, focus on the awkward physicality of aggression.
Art
St. Peter’s Basilica Meets the Black Panthers in a Contemporary Altarpiece
Kevin Beasley's installation feels sublime and sacred in its grandiose silence.
Film
New Jersey’s One Million Acres of Undeveloped, Otherworldly Land
David Kessler spent six years filming the Pine Barrens' landscape and its inhabitants, capturing the area in every imaginable state and season.
Books
A Compendium of Shakespeare’s Plants, from Juliet’s Rose to Ophelia’s Bouquet
The book Botanical Shakespeare, by historian Gerit Quealy with illustrations by Sumié Hasegawa-Collins, compiles the roughly 175 mentions of plants in Shakespeare's plays.
Art
Depicting Nature’s Rebellion Against Humanity
In Thiago Rocha Pitta’s The First Green at Marianne Boesky Gallery, nature is not victimized, but rebellious and intent on reclaiming land lost to humanity.
Art
Learning a Lesson from New York City Birds
A public artwork reminds us that what’s happening to the humans in a city is not necessarily the same as what’s happening to the animals.
Books
A Wordless Journey from Crappy Art to Actual Crap
Tara Booth's graphic memoir D.U.I.I is an exploration of shame and failed expectations
Art
Ai Weiwei Floats a New Project About the Refugee Crisis
Conceived in response to the current humanitarian disaster, Law of the Journey is rooted in the artist's research while on location at refugee camps in Greece