Art
Andy Warhol Dreams of God
Because the contemporary art world is such a secular place, there hasn’t been much attention given to Warhol-the-Catholic, until now.
Weekend
Performance
One Woman, 100 Men, and 100 Arguments
This 24-hour performance resembled a social psych experiment designed to test our patience and desire for change.
Art
Answering the Colonizers of Modernism
The paintings of Kenyan artist Michael Armitage present a particularly resonant response to the expanded, repackaged, and redefined offerings at the reopened MoMA.
Art
Neil Callander's Timeless Variations on Painting
Pushing his paintings in different directions and never settling for a signature style, Callander rejects the art world’s demand for novelty, entertainment, and the timely production of a latest brand.
Art
Required Reading
The week, a protest performance at the National Portrait Gallery, Disney's weird policy towards classic Fox movies, words about perception, the lack of food in video games, criminalizing the b-word, and more.
Music
An Explosion of Alternative Noise
Tired of contemporary pop’s mild spareness, craving music packed tight with crunch? These are four the noisiest albums rock albums around.
Art
Gauguin’s Predatory Colonial Gaze
Is it fair to use contemporary standards to judge a man who died 116 years ago?
Art
Painting Outside the Safe Zone
It is not so much what message is narrated or illustrated, but how the form of the painting is questioned in its realization.
Art
A Two-Person Show Spans the Poles of Imagination
Tammy Nguyen’s inspired reinvention of the myth of Narcissus occupies a world apart from Ha Ninh Pham’s slightly demented vision of a parallel universe.
Art
Painting Disaster From a Distance
Motohide Takami's images locate the exact distance at which you can contemplate tragedy yet remain untouched by its damage.
Art
A Richard Serra Thought Experiment
Serra’s new works are the ultimate billionaire’s art.
Art
Using Animals to Talk About Historical Trauma
By drawing on Japanese folk stories and myths about animals, Gaku Tsutaja is able to construct imaginative, open-ended narratives about historical traumas.