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.
Reviews
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.
Art
Marina Abramović, a Shaman of Late Capitalism
Is the Royal Academy’s Marina Abramović retrospective spirituality or its monetization? You toss the coin.
Art
Parviz Tanavoli’s Art Unlocks Hearts and Souls
Each symbol in Tanavoli’s Poets, Locks, Cages at the Vancouver Art Gallery holds a special meaning in Sufism, which has inspired his work.
Art
The Ephemeral Fragments of Harry Smith's Faith
Smith's collections of folk music, Indigenous art, and occult ephemera inspired generations of artists.
Art
The Unsung Women of American Land Art
Groundswell is a crucial reexamination of important but under-recognized artists working with the land.
Art
The Many Voices of Raven Chacon’s While Hissing
Amplifying the voices of Native women, the artist issues a collective call to resistance through visual art, music, and community.
Film
The Commodification of American Motherhood
How to Have an American Baby exposes a Chinese business that cares only for the bottom line, and a private US hospital system more than happy to serve patients paying cash.
Art
Rupy C. Tut’s Landscapes of Belonging
Her paintings, springing from traditional Indian miniature painting made large, radiate both rootedness and displacement.
Art
The Mythmaking Apparatus of the US National Parks
In quiet yet scrupulous detail, Designing Experience asks how the US National Park Service shapes the narratives it tells about this country and the lands it claims.
Art
Dala Nasser Builds a Grief Temple in Chicago
Her new exhibition at the Renaissance Society bears witness to infrastructural failure, colonial theft, and disregarded histories.