Art
The Stuff of a Sustainable Future
Marc-Anthony Polizzi’s installations are regional portraits commenting on contemporary consumer culture’s emphasis on the disposable.
Reviews
Art
What Did the Lion Tell the Tiger?
While Wu Junyong is deeply connected to his love of Chinese myths, folktales, and language, his subjects underscore his break with the past.
Art
A Mother and Daughter Find Each Other in Art
Mary Ann Unger worked against the idea of the solitary (male) genius, creating a model of life and work that empowers artists like her daughter, Eve Biddle.
Art
Warm Institutional Embrace of Self-Taught Artists
There are no “outsiders” in this exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Books
Anne Truitt's Journals Strike a Proustian Note
Truitt was that rare artist whose words are regarded as highly as her works.
Art
Keith Haring Saw the Future in His Art
To sit with Haring’s expansive artworks is to travel back in time and understand that the world of the 1980s is not so far from today’s.
Art
David L. Johnson's Critique of NYC Community Gardens
Johnson’s own garden raises questions about restricted access to public spaces.
Art
Bruce Nauman Makes His Mark, Again and Again
With “His Mark,” the endless loop of Nauman inscribing an X becomes a body memory for the viewer.
Art
Enough With the Pre-Raphaelites Already!
Can we ever get enough of the Pre-Raphaelites, their lives, loves, and art? It seems not.
Film
Kokomo City’s Bawdy, Unflinching Feminist Message
D. Scott’s documentary on Black trans sex workers is as sunny as it is sobering, a film that refuses to moralize.
Art
Rowan Renee Unearths Green-Wood Cemetery’s Forgotten Lives
The lots at the cemetery’s perimeter are marginal sites for people who, very likely, were marginalized during their lives.
Art
Slavs and Tatars Look to the Heavens for Knowledge
Knowledge and literacy in their many forms are at the heart of a small but rich show by the art collective.