Art
The Iconoclastic Kinship of Kiefer and Rodin
In the new exhibition Kiefer Rodin, Anselm Kiefer draws a straight line between himself and the grand old man of French sculpture.
Weekend
Art
Required Reading
This week, Tom of Finland jewelry, TJ Clark on the art of the Russian Revolution, artist Rosemarie Koczy may have been lying about a past in Nazi concentration camps, a war of words over Boyle Heights, a manicure with pimples, and more.
Art
Toward an Invisible Architecture
A pioneer of electronic sculptural art, Juan Downey made a splash in 1960s and '70s New York when he rigorously critiqued Eurocentric views of Latin American identity.
Music
Genuine Alternatives: The War on Drugs, Fever Ray, Julien Baker, Moses Sumney
Four new albums go from a bland, booming pastiche of rock noises to questioning notions of coupledom and the possibility of love.
Art
Weekend Studio Visit: Victoria Civera on Broadway, Lower Manhattan
Exploring the work of an artist who rarely shows in New York.
Art
The Gritty Poetry of Elizabeth Murray’s Paintings
Murray was having fun while making art, which is practically a sin, even now.
Art
When War Washes Up on Our Shores
What if exploded bodies suddenly appeared on our pristine beaches?
Art
Mark Bradford's Gettysburg Address
Bradford's installation at the Hirshhorn Museum takes as its subject the ways we think, and ultimately don't think, about history.
Art
Architectonic Collage in Two and Three Dimensions
Sharon Lawless’s visual dynamics are so vigorous you can almost hear them rattle, bang, churn and chug.
Art
An Artist’s Light-Filled Tribute to J.M.W. Turner
In Ellen Harvey’s Nostalgia, the spiritual and the secular converge into a beatific, nature-based sublime.
Books
In New Photo Books, a Strong Sense of Place
Three new photography books explore a sweep of places and events from Cuba to the studio floor.
Art
Art Among the Ruins
Daniel John Gadd is Elizabeth Murray’s spiritual heir, with a difference.