Art
When Our Containers Can't Hold Us
Kay Kasparhauser’s sculptural habitats, in which live isopods and springtails, hint at the necessity and limitations of care.
Sculpture
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Roxanne Jackson’s Fantasia Under the Sea
Maybe Jackson's ceramic "monsters" are just creatures who look like they shouldn’t belong — and in her world-building Jackson has made a place where they do.
Art
Allan Wexler Magnifies the Absurdity of the Everyday
In his first exhibition in nearly a decade, the artist-builder presents sculptures that are alternatively strange, optimistic, and critical.
Art
Holly Lane’s Elegiac Shrines to the Natural World
The artist evokes a keen awareness of the threats facing the environment by honoring it through opulent, reliquary-style frames and delicate paintings.
Art
Erwin Wurm’s Slapstick Social Critique
The apparent humor in Wurm’s current retrospective in Vienna camouflages a cultural and historical pessimism that recurs in his art.
Art
The Relentless Optimism of Beatriz da Costa
Throughout her career, she collaborated with scientists, doctors, and animals, blurring the boundaries between art projects and scientific experiments.
Art
The Motley Crew of Haegue Yang’s Hybrid Sculptures
The artist explores sonic reverberations, the relationship between the sacred and material realms, and the ways in which artworks might be activated by a participant.
Art
Anya Gallaccio’s Organic Mementos Mori
The artist reminds us that decay is full of energy — not just an ending, but part of an endless circle of life.
Art
The Farm Art Festival Where You Can See Tractors Do Ballet
Farm/Art DTour, a 50-mile circuit of art installations in Wisconsin’s Sauk County, challenges visitors’ assumptions about the “rural-urban” or “red-blue” divide.
Art
Petah Coyne’s Maximalist Art Lays Bare Women’s Oppression
Coyne’s work sits between abundance and suffocation, uses seductive materials to serve uncomfortable truths about the barriers that face women.
News
Mysterious Nude Effigy of Trump Appears in Las Vegas
The massive sculpture was deplored by the Republican party and was taken down less than a week before it was ordered to be removed.
Art
Five Roadside Folk Art Wonders in Rural Wisconsin
Countless displays of intense and idiosyncratic brilliance are nestled in the grassy hills of the Midwest state.