Art
A Silver Exhibition's Classist Undertones
Despite the artistry on display in this Gorham Silver exhibition, I found it difficult to suppress a kernel of class hatred in looking at it.
Weekend
Art
The Bold, Blessed Paintings of a Sharecropper’s Daughter
An exhibition showcases the graphically powerful work of Mary T. Smith — a self-taught artist from Mississippi — in a rare, in-depth survey.
Books
A Poet's Exploration of Austerity
Marion Bell explores large ideas—capitalism, queer liberation, radical friendship, and community—in a deeply human and personal way.
Books
A Tale of Two Memoirs
Immigration accounts by Ayelet Tsabari and Sophia Shalmiyev question how self-identity is understood.
Art
A Disruptor of Race and Sex
In a time when many artists are content to establish one-to-one correspondences between signifier and signified, sign and meaning, Wardell Milan’s ambiguity is refreshing.
Art
Required Reading
This week, cultural heritage" and how it benefits the powerful, the Peter Max mess, Naomi Wolf's "death recorded" mess, the power of nouns, gentrifying Mt. Everest, meme wars, and more.
Interview
"A Constant Striving for Self-Liberation": Curator Julie Ault on Nancy Spero
At MoMA PS1, Spero’s work is presented with current political and cultural contexts in mind.
Art
Remembering Lawrence Carroll, an American Artist in Europe
I never met anyone more optimistic about art or his place in its history.
Art
Pipilotti Rist Brings Out the Weirdness of Being Human
“I was a wild girl,” Rist has said of herself as a child, and her radiantly colorful videos honor this rebellious spirit.
Art
Visions of Home, from Dream Memories to Trump Country
The disparity between what we expect from domesticity and what lurks beneath the surface generates a finely wrought tension that coils throughout this show.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Kehinde Wiley creates dignified portraits of Tahiti’s Māhū community, how Sackler became the most toxic name in philanthropy, real-life Bambi, and more.
Music
Rock Without the Posturing
New albums from Mdou Moctar, Control Top, L7, and Gary Clark Jr., guitar heroes all.