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Reviews
Posted inFilm
A Holiday’s Worth of Video Essays
This month, a range of video essays about tech-related subjects and history.
Posted inArt
Coco Fusco’s Fight to Rebalance Power
Throughout her decades-long career, Fusco has laid bare the many mechanisms through which subjugated bodies are stripped of their agency.
Posted inArt
Charles LeDray’s Search for Lost Time
The toy-like scale of LeDray’s art gives everything a glow of childhood play and fantasy while pushing it far away.
Posted inArt
Leon Kossoff’s Battles
Art can be, and often is, a species of combat, a fight to the death.
Posted inArt
The Familiar and Familial in MiKyoung Lee’s Art
Made from everyday materials, Lee’s sculptures feel approachable and familiar, reminiscent of home and imperfect human bodies.
Posted inBooks
Religion’s Understated Influence on Modern Art
Erika Doss’s new book Spiritual Moderns retells the story of modern art with a more honest look at how religion shaped it.
Posted inArt
A Poignant Meditation on the Dance Marathon
Grace and elegance abound in Kambui Olujimi’s paintings on the phenomenon of the dance marathon, but so too do rugged drama and discomfort.
Posted inArt
The Impurities of Pure Abstraction
David Diao uses Barnett Newman as a sounding board to explore his own fascination with the artist and the contradictory legacies of modernism.
Posted inFilm
Anselm’s Sweeping Vision Obscures the Political
What does it mean for a film addressing overtly political themes to remain apolitical?
Posted inArt
Nani Chacon Finds the Essence of Home
Her exhibition +Home+ is a mediation on notions of home through the lens of her ancestors, lived experience, and the legacies we leave.
Posted inArt
Talia Chetrit Treads the Line Between Style and Substance
Her photography presents a compelling statement about the fine line between self-investigation and self-objectification.
