Art
Nicholas Galanin Looks Past Trauma to Recovery
Galanin takes the notion of creation in the service of care seriously, and the theme serves as a through line in his retrospective at SITE Santa Fe.
Reviews
Art
Chinese Artists Reimagine Queer Photography
If straightness implies direction, queerness in (In)directions: Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography suggests anything but.
Film
Video Essays to Beat the January Blues
With new movies, shows, and such coming at a slow pace in January, here are some engaging video essays to keep you busy.
Art
The Divine Dissatisfaction of Music
Mariam Ghani and Erin Ellen Kelly’s Musical Thinking at the Smithsonian American Art Museum is alive with pathos.
Art
Elias Sime Brings Out the Beauty in E-Waste
He seeks to make visible the vast scale of the waste produced by digital technologies, which are also reaching obsolescence with increasing rapidity.
Art
How Rubens Brought Antiquity to Life
Instead of making copies of statues, Rubens made works that imagined the statues as living models, creating works that seem to have been done from life.
Art
Marcela Cantuária's Vibrant Homage to Climate Justice Activists
Does the artist's psychedelic palette take away her exhibition's somber subject matter?
Art
The Slow Joy of James Siena’s Intricate Compositions
The deepest pleasure of Siena’s drawings was giving up the search for what generated them and getting lost in the intricacies of the composition.
Books
Redefining Modern Art in the Muslim World
Though at times a puzzling read, artist Rasheed Araeen’s latest book critiques Western scholarship that ignores Islam’s influence on modern art.
Film
This Is Not How You Make a Doc About AI
Two Sundance films ask all the wrong questions about artificial intelligence technology and its attendant issues.
Art
The Simpsons Make Their Mark in Inuit Art
Nunavut artist Pitsiulaq Qimirpik juxtaposes different spiritual traditions with pop culture symbols in his drawings and soapstone sculptures.
Books
Rose Marasco Captures the Poetry of Domestic Objects
Rose Marasco: At Home surveys the photographer's experimentations with everyday objects like shoes, cutlery, and a vegetable peeler.