Books
A Fuller Picture of Piet Mondrian
Hans Janssen’s Piet Mondrian: A Life gives a comprehensive picture of the Dutch artist’s life and character, but leaves some questions unanswered.
Reviews
Film
Hayao Miyazaki Takes a Deeply Personal Turn
The Boy and the Heron is an old man’s look back at a life spent crafting intricate worlds, now offering the tools to do so to the next generation.
Art
Secrets of a Pennsylvania Dutch Interior
Like a salacious game of eye-spy, Anne Buckwalter’s paintings invite viewers to share in a semi-secret rendezvous.
Art
Armenian Artists Contemplate Notions of Home and Belonging
Much of Remain in Light jumps back and forth between Los Angeles and Armenia, underscoring the blurriness of living in diaspora.
Art
The Trailblazing History of an Indigenous Art Collective
Launched in 1962, the Micmac Indian Craftsmen collective designed notecards, tapestries, porcelain, and other objects that gained a worldwide audience.
Art
The Filipino-American Friends Who Forged New Artistic Paths
Once Carlos Villa and Leo Valledor recognized that they could never fully assimilate into mainstream America, they set out on their own paths.
Comics
The Life and Times of Patrociño Barela
A new exhibition at the Roswell Museum in New Mexico honors the underrecognized legacy of the self-taught wood carver.
Art
The Rise and Fall of American Glass
Amber Cowan’s entrancing sculptures share the spotlight with antique objects, illuminating the history and enduring possibilities of American glass art.
Film
Who Are You, John le Carré?
In The Pigeon Tunnel, documentarian Errol Morris attempts to suss out what makes the famed spy novelist tick.
Books
Bani Abidi’s Conflicted Ode to Karachi
The Artist Who lets readers peer into a postcolonial space through critical engagement and visuals designed to both educate and entertain.
Art
Two Native Artists Want to Reclaim Their Landscapes and Textiles
Steven J. Yazzie and Patrick Dean Hubbell dismantle blatant distillations of Native visuality for profit that continue to commit and perpetrate harm against Indigenous artists and communities.
Art
An Italian Artist Who Took On American Capitalism
Mario Schifano moved nimbly among different modes and never settled into a style, which sets him apart from many of his contemporaries.