Art
Doug Aitken’s Cities of Loss
Aitken’s exhibition "Flags and Debris" is informed by a dialectic of embodiment and absence.
Weekend
Art
Dona Nelson Stands Alone
The dizzying effect of Nelson’s two-sided paintings brings to mind the sensory overload of living in a city.
Art
Lured by Two Contemporary Masters
Long after I left Robert Grosvenor and David Novros at Paula Cooper, certain works floated up in my memory, calling me to return.
Film
The Intoxicating Tilda Swinton Masters Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language film, The Human Voice, offers heady pathos and sumptuous visuals in equal excess.
Interview
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“Something in this painting seemed to change over the course of 2020.”
Books
The City as Seen From a Hi-Rise Window
Ed Roberson's poems express a troubled awareness of the earth’s exhaustion.
Art
Required Reading
This week, looted art from Afghanistan, colonizing Mars, Lorraine O'Grady in the spotlight, the notion of the "Muslim world," Fox News as propaganda, and more.
Art
Art That Goes With the Floe
Works by 10 artists have been installed on an ice floe in arctic Sweden where they will remain until the ice melts and they sink into the sea.
Art
Mario Schifano’s Greatness
To say the exhibition "Facing America: Mario Schifano 1960–65" is an eye opener hardly does it justice.
Art
Vicky Colombet’s Vision of Endless Change
By titling her exhibition "From the Floating World," Colombet connects with the Japanese belief that one must live in the moment, yet remain detached from material needs and desires.
Film
A Film That Tests Assumptions About Race, Rape, and Power
"Test Pattern" chronicles a biracial courtship and coupledom as a means of probing larger power asymmetries.
Art
Thomas Gainsborough’s Quietly Passionate Portrait
Margaret Gainsborough was a woman who knew her own worth.