Books
Mapping Patchwork Across the Globe
Catherine Legrand’s Patchwork: A World Tour is an important step towards finally giving this art form the appreciation it deserves.
Reviews
Art
Listening to the Wisdom of Chinese Animal Idioms
Chinese Animal Idiom cards remind us that we can fly free, yes, and we should, but we eventually need somewhere to land.
Art
The Dreams and Demons of Bob Thompson
Thompson wanted to author a world where the struggle between chaos and order, structure and impulse, the rational and irrational is never settled.
Art
A Rear View of Art History
A new exhibition offers a sensitive and probing critique of what it is like to both view and occupy a contemporary female body.
Art
A Cabinet of Curiosities, Minus the Cabinet
Nina Katchadourian's Uncommon Denominator is one of the most unusual and engrossing shows that I’ve encountered in years.
Film
The White Savior Sin of A Still Small Voice
While on its surface the film follows selfless caregivers, dig a tad deeper and troubling aspects begin to bubble up.
Art
Poetry in the Expanded Field
An unclassifiable artist and a deep reader, Jen Bervin has expanded the notion of what it is to be a poet in the 21st century.
Art
The Women Who Created “Naive” Art for the Darkest of Times
A new exhibition in Warsaw celebrates four postwar Polish artists on the margins of art history.
Art
Capturing the Soul of a Guadalajaran Architect in LA
Alejandro Zohn shaped public space in Guadalajara, Mexico, but beyond its borders, few know about him.
Art
Reclaiming Agency Over Trauma
In The Listening Takes, Elisabeth Subrin centers actress Maria Schneider's refusal to discuss a non-consensual sex scene in Last Tango in Paris.
Art
Marcelo Pombo in the Age of Neoliberalism
A new exhibition presents new works by the Argentinian artist alongside drawings from his days as a gay rights activist in the 1980s.
Books
Helen Cammock’s Love Letter to New Orleans
In a vividly illustrated artist's book, Cammock breaks through the fourth wall of the page to present the city as a composition of energies.