Art
Prado Show Reveals the Hidden Artworks on the Backs of Masterpieces
On the Reverse tells an alternative history of Western art by drawing attention to the rears of paintings.
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Art
Can We Survive Without Reconnecting to the Earth?
Acts of Gathering challenges the disconnection between humans and the rhythms of the earth, interrogating the nature of food culture in a rapidly changing world.
Film
Onlookers Records the Lure of the Tourist Gaze
Kimi Takesue’s new documentary nudges us to consider whether we in the audience differ all that much from the tourists whipping out their iPhones.
Art
The Black Girlhood Altar Implores Us to Remember
Lighthearted at some points, soul-crushingly poignant at others, the exhibition, organized by A Long Walk Home, embodies the wistful nostalgia of time past.
Film
When a Woman Searches for a Man and Finds Herself Instead
The women-led Retrospective section of the Berlinale gives second-wave feminism a fresh look.
Art
A Shameful US History Told Through Ledger Drawings
In the 19th century ledger drawings became a concentrated point of resistance for Indigenous people, an expression of individual and communal pride.
Books
Seeing Photography as an African Art Form
Giulia Paoletti surveys the development of Senegalese photography along with more than a century of shattering historic events.
Art
Wawi Navarroza’s Self-Portraits Contain Multitudes
With her self-portraits, photographer Wawi Navarroza gives us insight into the strong sense of self that can emerge from multiple identities and cultures.
Film
Maria Lassnig’s Triumphant “Little Films”
Lassnig’s short films perfectly present the artist’s uncanny talent for marrying morbidity and frolic, rigor and wantonness.
Art
When Museums Become Instagram Bait
Many of the works in When Forms Come Alive are irredeemably superficial, as colorfully lightweight as they come.
Art
Joey Terrill’s Playful Tributes to Gay Artists We’ve Lost
Through his lighthearted approach to documenting personal struggles, Terrill contributes meaningfully to the fight against racism and homophobia.
Art
Kombucha as Metaphor for Parenthood
Anna Ting Möller’s search for their birth mother led them to cultivate kombucha to confront ambivalent feelings on motherhood.