Art
The Time Has Come for Artist-Mothers
Fruits of Labor at Apexart features eight artist-mothers whose work, directly and indirectly, is shaped by motherhood.
Reviews
Art
Abel Alejandre’s Chicano Cosmologies
A narrative unfolds in Alejandre’s recent paintings whereby the Chicano moon landing led to the creation of “Xicanoland.”
Film
The Silencing of Female Sexuality Champion Shere Hite
Director Nicole Newnham chronicles the rise, fall, and disappearance of the iconic feminist sexologist.
Books
A History of Cats in Indian Art
In his final book, art historian B.N. Goswamy sketches a portrait of the Indian cat, drawing on Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim fables.
Art
Jeremy Dennis Makes a Farce of White Guilt
Dennis’s exaggerated scenarios compel non-Indigenous viewers to confront racial dynamics that many people in the images choose not to see.
Art
Alanis Obomsawin Wants the Children to Know
At the center of the acclaimed Abenaki filmmaker’s practice is her effort to counter White, colonialist versions of history.
Performance
The Celestial Songs of Spiritual Women Across the Ages
Shakers mingle in this multimedia production at the New York Choral Society.
Art
Before Picasso, Joaquín Sorolla Was America's Favorite Spanish Artist
A century after his death, the Meadows Museum offers a rare opportunity to experience 26 of the artist’s luminous paintings of Spanish landscapes.
Art
Guimi You Finds the Poetic Possibilities of Paint
You’s paintings exude a sense of sweet, childlike wonder, where each moment is filled with possibility.
Art
The Material Remains of Memory
All of the works in Material as Message ask us how we come to remember, through materials that suit the memories they’re trying to preserve.
Art
Judy Chicago’s Corporate Feminism
I came to Herstory hoping to see depth, guts, the ambition and potency of “The Dinner Party” and instead found nothing but surface.
Art
The Painter Mexico City Lost Too Soon
Abraham Ángel embodied a new type of homegrown Mexican artist who rejected past European traditions in favor of local influences like arte popular.