Film
The Delirium of Female Desire
Across Josephine Decker's work and in her new film about Shirley Jackson, Decker wants us to ask what right she, or anyone, has to make another’s story her own.
Weekend
Interview
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
"With vast art mausoleums now shuttered, we artists increasingly occupy the same virtual space, deepening our exchanges by sharing readings, conversations, and Zoom studio visits.”
Art
Ann Greene Kelly Estranges the Familiar
In Kelly’s sculptures, manmade objects morph into new or composite forms that seem to verge on organic.
Books
A Writer’s Portrait of Louise Bourgeois
Now, Now Louison is a book that will trouble purists who believe in strict categories, such as biography, art criticism, and novel.
Art
Phillip Allen’s Astonishing Achievement
I have come to think of Phillip Allen as one of the most wonderfully challenging painters around.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a mural for George Floyd, chilling images of a CNN reporter's arrest, anti-racism resources for white people, Trump's ghost writer, Barry Schwabsky on Hal Foster, and more.
Music
Dancing in Place
Some music has perked up, even within the strictures of chill.
Books
The Fertilizing Power of Funk
Fred Moten’s innovative poems investigate the fugitive philosophy of Black sound.
Art
A Fleeting Glimpse of Francesca Woodman
Woodman was one of the 20th century's great surrealists.
Art
Theaster Gates's Emotional Confrontation With Racism
With Black Chapel, Gates references the racism embedded in modernism’s failure to adequately acknowledge non-white sources of inspiration.
Art
Talking About Art Now
What comes after postmodernism is less interesting than the changed nature of the art system and art writing.
Books
Breaking Down the Limits of Identity Through Poetry
Sally Wen Mao recognizes that there is no commonly shared Asian American experience, except racism of one form or another.