Art
A Second Look at Teju Cole
Cole’s photographs are sensitive to the brutal dying that is going on everywhere. He knows that looking is not innocent, and that it will never be.
Weekend
Art
Filling the Swamp
The churning morass of the Trump administration makes a 140-year-old political cartoon surprisingly germane.
Books
The Future Seen Through a Fragmented Past
Edward McPherson's collected essays in The History of the Future are a literary kitchen sink in which no event or issue appears more important or relevant than any other.
Books
Just Say No: Politics and Refusal in '80s-Inspired Literature
In the wake of the 2016 presidential campaign, it feels eerily prescient to read Lauren Levin’s critique of Reagan-era politics.
Art
The Vertigo of Sturtevant
The artist’s presence in her current one-woman survey at Gavin Brown's Enterprise is like a ghost in the machine.
Art
Required Reading
This week, discussing ICA Boston's new Schutz show, the White House gets a new "reality" star, competitive table setting, trouble with Air India's art collection, and more.
Art
Weekend Words: General
"War is too important to be left to the generals."
Art
Full House: Artists from Latin America Imagine Home
An exhibition at LACMA offers open dialogue about how the concept of home is understood and experienced.
Art
Teju Cole Has Not Stopped Looking or Thinking
Combining text and photographs, Cole seeks a combination of intuition, context, and moral intelligence.
Art
In Praise of Shadow, Color, and Light
Xuan Chen likens the viewer’s experience of her painted constructions to “exploring a newly acquired digital device,” but they have much more staying power than that.
Art
Babblegate Is the New Watergate
As a carnival of lies and contradictions streams from the Oval Office, our most reliable news sources are The Daily Show and The Late Show.
Art
John O'Reilly's Radical Photomontages
John O'Reilly's work reflects and refracts the history of art, as well as the history of looking, scanning, and reading an image.