Impressions of Loneliness in Asteroid City
Presenting a mosaic of loneliness, Asteroid City is the most deeply emotional of Anderson’s films.
A Close Look At Mariusz Warsinski's Nagababa Chair
Mariusz Warsinski's Nagababa chair challenges societal expectations of a woman’s body.
Image, Object, and Compression with Asher Liftin
Liftin unpacks how his work manipulates object-image relationships and inhibits the viewer’s direct access to a world of optical illusions.
Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill: M*****
To mother is to be in alchemy with the universe to generate lifeforce. How then, could its volumes be contained with language?
Scratchy and Gritty, Pauline Rintsch’s Figurative Work Explores Interiority
Rintsch’s figures, which she boxes into tight-cropped frames, possess a feeling of existential confusion and youthful dread.
Ten Gates into the Future
A public art project wants you to imagine the future of Rome through vaporwave aesthetics, a feminist fountain, and an existential safari, among others.
Walking Around Covered in Magnets
Falling asleep thinking about Tolia, I hear a phrase: “Every parting surface is another entrance unfulfilled.”
BlackStar Celebrates Filmmaking from the Global Majority
In Philadelphia, BlackStar celebrates its 13th edition, spotlighting Black and Brown filmmakers.
Internal Reflections – Yuri Yuan
A lot of international students’ homes look like showrooms at Target and IKEA. It’s because we don't know for how long we will be here. A $20 lamp is good enough.
Betty Tompkins’ P.P.O.W Exhibition Recontextualizes the Female Body
Tompkins reexamines imagery meant for male self-pleasure, juxtaposing them with insults and violent rhetoric against women.
The Feminine and the Posthuman: “Fembot” at The Hole, Tribeca
Are they receivers of not only the male gaze but also the human gaze? Are they delegations of human existence into an unstable, cybernetic world that we cannot physically or intellectually navigate with ease?
Christina Barrera’s “Revolutionary Festival”
Christina Barrera presents her politically engaged work in her first solo exhibition in NYC at MAMA Projects.
“Paper Cuts” at Elza Kayal Gallery
Metamorphosis, the apparent theme of the show, relates to the heterogeneity of process and the variety of techniques.
Curatorial Deviations
At Arsenal Contemporary, gaoyuan makes curatorial experimentations in the group show Theater of Energies.
Music for the Eyes: “Crafting the Ballets Russes” at the Morgan Library & Museum
“I listen to music through my eyes. I want my ballets to be music for the eyes.” – Bronislava Nijinska
Migration in Dialogue – Reiko Fueting
There is not one United States, but many, which coexist, overlap, and contradict each other.
Survival, Ghosts, and Jaguars in the Sonoran Desert
Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo talk about the conception of Frontera and an upcoming DC project.
Queen JustMean: Disrupting Gender Norms Through Performance Art
The Azerbaijan-born, Berlin-based Genderfuck drag queen shares a journey of change, empowerment, and taking up space.
A Former Lens-Based Artist Turns to Textile, Rendering Gestures of Care
Hana Miletić’s weavings are beautiful and complex, but deserve context.
Migration in Dialogue – Yi Hsuan Lai
The O1 visa gives you an opportunity to look back and reflect every three years, making you ask, “What was my progress?”