Art
From Books by Black Women to Electricians' Stories, a Show Catalogues Alternative Archives
An exhibition at Nurture Art features evolving collections of art and testimony from people too often left out of official histories.
Reviews
Books
In Photographs of Estate Sales, Price Tags Mark the Possessions of the Dead
For a year, photographer Norm Diamond visited up to 10 estate sales a week, documenting the stranded possessions for his series What Is Left Behind.
Film
The Blessing and Curse of Emily Dickinson’s Homebound World
Cynthia Nixon plays the older Dickinson, portraying her as multitudinous, assertive, rebellious, principled, shrill, demure, sensitive, coy, and vain.
Art
Why a Herbarium of 7.8 Million Plants Is One of New York's Most Valuable Resources
The New York Botanical Garden is home to the world's second-largest herbarium, a vital archive in an era of vanishing botanical collections.
Art
Immersed in the Discrete Realities of the Sharjah Biennial
The 13th Sharjah Biennial, titled Tamawuj, immerses you in distinctly crafted and compelling realities through sound, video works, and maze-like installations.
Film
The Remarkable Films of Anne-Marie Miéville, Godard's Partner and Collaborator
Little is known about Miéville, but what people are searching for can be found in her films, and has been there the whole time.
Music
A Female Pioneer of Electronic Music Retakes the Stage
Suzanne Ciani, a pioneer of electronic music in the 1970s and ’80s, played her Buchla 200e in a rare improvised performance at a small Philadelphia theater, and it was completely packed.
Art
From Tiny Trumps to Terrifying Ties: Big League Memes for the 45th President
The meme-ification of Donald Trump is a growing phenomenon that speaks loudly to the absurdity of the 45th president.
Art
This Addictive M.C. Escher Video Game Might Make You Puke
Antoine Zanuttini's Fragments of Euclid is a downright mind-bending game inspired by M.C. Escher's labyrinthine interiors.
Art
Bouquets Highlight Plants Used to Control Women’s Reproductive Health
An exhibition looks at plant remedies that women have used to control their reproductive lives.
Books
An Art of Dislocation and Reinvention Reflects the Epic of Black America
Quite simply, the history, not just of art in Los Angeles, but of modern American art generally will have to be reconceived on the basis of Now Dig This!, the exhibition curated by Kellie Jones, and her new book, South of Pico.
Books
Pitching Poetry: Charles Bernstein's Essays and Interviews
From the outset of his career Bernstein has fought for a poetry of leaps and fissures, one that inhabits the space between logic and irrationality.