Art
Warren Isensee’s Breakthrough
Isensee has gone from being a dutiful geometric abstractionist to defining his own trajectory, and gaining a verifiable freedom for himself.
Weekend
Art
Required Reading
This week, a guerilla florist, on being human, pop music from North Africa, the politics of Hagia Sophia, police lies, bunny kisses, and more.
Books
Celebrating the "Wild Ladies" of Japanese Folklore
Aoko Matsuda's Where the Wild Ladies Are offers a fresh critique of Japan’s stance towards women.
Books
The Monumental and Human Poetry of Paul Valéry
The beauty and power of Valéry's best writing is undeniable, and the human dilemmas his work addresses remain with us.
Art
Take a Virtual Nature Walk at Wave Hill
The cultural center has successfully reimagined an exhibition to better suit an online presentation.
Art
When Writing Has No Meaning
Scrivere Disegnando is an exhibition of more than 300 works produced by 93 artists whose subject is imaginary language.
Art
Charles Yuen’s Time is Now
Yuen’s ambiguous works resist a simple or anecdotal reading while speaking to our apprehensions and paranoia.
Art
Required Reading
This week, recreating historical sites with GIFs, a really awful city seal, art history's future, Seth Rogen on Israel, the looming renters' crisis, some tea about Bill Maher, and more.
Books
Climbing a Symbolic Mountain With a Surrealist Writer
Long out of print, Mount Analogue, René Daumal's cult classic, offers a tale of renunciation and self-acceptance.
Interview
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“Sometimes we’re so overwhelmed in the present that it seems impossible to think a future beyond it – but the work of imagination must always continue.”
Art
The Art World We Have Lost
Loren Munk’s “SOHO Map” offers a visual record of a densely peopled art world.
Art
Slavery and the Dehumanization of Modern Life
Through texts and objects, Cameron Rowland illuminates the connection between slavery and the commercial structures that define the global economy today.