The Legend of ‘Queen & Slim’ The Legend of ‘Queen & Slim’
Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas’s mythmaking, the Safide Brothers’s grotesque romp through New York, Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, and more December movies.
Dec 19, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
Fast Days, Slow Company: The Art of Vija Celmins Fast Days, Slow Company: The Art of Vija Celmins
An immersive retrospective of the Los Angeles painter’s work luxuriates in attention to detail.
Dec 11, 2019 / Larissa Pham
How the Labor Movement Built New York How the Labor Movement Built New York
Dec 10, 2019 / Nick Juravich
Michael Namingha’s Altered Landscapes Michael Namingha’s Altered Landscapes
The Santa Fe artist’s work opens eyes to the effects of drilling and fracking on some of New Mexico's most iconic landscapes.
Dec 9, 2019 / Alexandra Marvar
The Surrealpolitik of the Venice Biennale The Surrealpolitik of the Venice Biennale
Is the prestigious international showcase of contemporary art necessarily nationalistic?
Nov 26, 2019 / Erica X Eisen
Inside the Wild Universe of Artist Jacolby Satterwhite Inside the Wild Universe of Artist Jacolby Satterwhite
Combining video, performance, and music, his work tackles themes of sex, labor, public space, and the body.
Nov 22, 2019 / Tiana Reid
‘I Am Creating Objects That Only I Can Create’ ‘I Am Creating Objects That Only I Can Create’
Favianna Rodriguez on making art in “this white supremacist, fucked-up world.”
Nov 1, 2019 / John Washington
What’s Wrong With the New Figurative Painting? What’s Wrong With the New Figurative Painting?
With dealers and curators jumping on the figurative bandwagon, we have to look more closely at whether a new cohort of painters succeeds at what they’re attempting.
Oct 30, 2019 / Barry Schwabsky
What Curators Don’t Get About Prison Art What Curators Don’t Get About Prison Art
When it comes to showing the art of incarcerated people, fine-art institutions are buying into the prison-industrial complex.
Oct 18, 2019 / Zachary Small
How Should We Remember the Art of Emil Nolde? How Should We Remember the Art of Emil Nolde?
A recent show in Berlin grapples with the legacy of a prominent German modernist who was a supporter of Nazism but whose art was derided by Nazis.
Sep 19, 2019 / Barry Schwabsky