Art
At the Root of Justice Are Different Kinds of Love
The exhibition No Justice Without Love poses questions about the roots and limitations of our civic imagination.
Reviews
Art
Myrlande Constant Composes the Tapestries of Life
For the Haitian artist, both art and life are a mixture of joy and pain, of rituals and healing, and a celebration of nuance and interconnectivity.
Art
Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man
Time passing has never been a subject Jim Dine has avoided; he has long made art about getting old.
Art
New Takes on Traditional Chinese Ink Painting
Summoning Memories features artists of Chinese descent who negotiate the long legacy of Chinese calligraphy and ink painting through alternative approaches.
Art
Can Geometric Abstraction Stay Fresh?
What singles out artist Don Voisine is his ability to remain a restless painter, capable of surprising his most ardent fans.
Books
A Poet's “Almost Obscene” Devotion to Beauty
The poems of Raúl Gómez Jattin — by turns agile, charming, intimate, and dark — have long been pushed out of sight.
Art
Artists Pay Homage to Histories Preserved and Forgotten
As Yet and Still to Come points to the precariousness of time and the selectiveness of archives.
Art
Confronting Hate Chronicles the Virus of Prejudice
The Fordham exhibition spotlights centuries of hierarchical structures designed to dehumanize Black and Jewish people and question their right to be equal citizens.
Art
Alexander Tovborg Seeks the Sacred in the Aesthetic
Kirken works because modern galleries have quasi-religious qualities, with white walls and empty spaces creating an atmosphere for contemplation.
Art
A Piece of Puerto Rico in Chicago
Edra Soto's art brings with it the fabulous look and feel of tropical architectural solutions but not always the pain and difficulty of diasporic life.
Art
How Long Must We Sing This Song?
Dread Scott channels Nina Simone through works that sing of pain and endurance.
Art
Ode to Yvonne Jacquette
Along with Lois Dodd and Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Jacquette successfully pushed back against Minimalism and Conceptual Art.