Art
Aboriginal Women Artists and Their Visions of Infinity
These paintings, filled with traditional abstract Aboriginal iconography denoting nature, spirits, and a way of life that has been passed down for generations, are a wonder.
Reviews
Art
Photographs of Poverty Measure Broken Systems and Lives
Eugene Richards's Below the Line: Living Poor in America isn't about sympathy but something more.
Music
Time Traveling with Musical Recordings from Mid-20th-Century Morocco
In 1959, Paul Bowles traveled around Morocco with an audio recording device to capture a cultural moment he knew was on the verge of disappearing.
Art
A Multisensory Installation Inspired by the Humble Honeybee
Wolfgang Buttress's “The Hive” is an environment designed to amplify public awareness of the critical situation of bees.
Art
Artists Help Break the Silence Around the Abuse of Women in War
Women's lifelong struggles find a home in an incredibly moving and poignant anti-war memorial and group exhibition titled Songs for Women Living with War at Pro Arts Gallery.
Performance
20 Dancers Build, Shape, and Share a World for Themselves
Curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa, the dance piece the skeleton architecture, or the future of our worlds incorporated structured improvisation, a deep sense of play, a bold engagement with the audience, and a particular permission given to watch and witness.
Art
Arcimboldo's Four Seasons Grow in a Museum Garden
Philip Haas's fiberglass recreations invigorate the curious, 16th-century portraits with new energy.
Books
How Cy Twombly Spliced Poetry into His Art
In Reading Cy Twombly: Poetry in Paint, Mary Jacobus offers a fresh and intricate study of Twombly’s citations and overall engagement with verse.
Art
Revisiting America’s Dead in Posthumous Portraits from the 19th Century
The 19th century saw the rise of the posthumous portrait when, through photographs and paintings, people preserved the faces of departed loved ones.
Performance
In a New Staging of the Tale of William Tell, the Only Flaw Is the Audience
Musically and visually, the Metropolitan Opera’s first staging of Gioachino Rossini's Guillaume Tell in over 80 years is a tremendous success.
Books
Death by Wallpaper: The Alluring Arsenic Colors that Poisoned the Victorian Age
Lucinda Hawksley's book Bitten by Witch Fever chronicles the rise of poisonous pigments in the 19th century through the burgeoning British wallpaper trade.
Art
Confronting the Contradictions of Our Tech-Obsessed Culture
In her solo exhibition at Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel, Addie Wagenknecht boils down the experiences of postinternet life and then alchemizes them.