Art
Honolulu’s New Biennial Makes the Case for Hawaiian Contemporary Art
Honolulu's first biennial, The Middle of Now | Here, is a challenge to the notion that Hawaii is “in the middle of nowhere.”
Reviews
Books
From Ceramic Sea Creatures to Bauhaus Blocks, a Compendium of Exquisite Chess Sets
A new book features detailed photos and short essays about an eclectic range of elaborate chess sets from across multiple centuries and continents.
Books
A Graphic Memoir About Growing Up with Modernist Playgrounds
Julia Jacquette's Playground of My Mind is a graphic memoir of growing up with the modernist playgrounds of Manhattan, and how their concrete geometries influenced her later art.
Film
Maurizio Cattelan’s Latest Prank Is a Documentary About His Life and Work
Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back makes an unconventional yet compelling case for the profundity of the artist's elaborate sculptural jokes.
Art
Miniature Dioramas That Contain the Chaos of the World
From a patchwork of shantytowns to retail spaces, Tracey Snelling's miniature worlds describe the disorder of life and offer a compelling argument that the way we inhabit space is subjective.
Books
A Comprehensive and Contemporary Guide to Figurative Drawing
Figurative artists know the importance of learning “the rules” before they break them, which is precisely the opportunity this book intends to offer its most ambitious readers.
Art
The Avant-Garde Oeuvre of a Classically Trained Sculptor from North Korea
Seung-taek Lee is one of the most fascinating and deeply committed artists of this generation.
Art
A Documentary Series Breaks Down the Infrastructure of Cloud Computing
When viewing promotional videos of data centers from corporations like Google and Microsoft, artist Matt Parker always felt something was missing: the sound of this internet infrastructure.
Art
The Violence of the British Slave Trade, as Told Through the Sea
John Akomfrah’s Tropikos, showing at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, navigates the United Kingdom’s role in the slave trade and the inherently formidable power of the sea.
Art
Our Political Furor Rendered in Ceramic and Fire
Here’s a story: Once upon a time there was a nation. Then it caught on fire. The end.
Art
Piecing Together Black Identity on Canvas
Juan Logan's work sees Black identity as both a cipher that contains the secret of America’s greatness and a constant reminder of its deepest shame.
Film
A Madcap Animated Movie About a High School Slowly Sliding into the Sea
This captivating film offers a strong argument for more graphic novelists to apply their creativity to animation.