Without Apology: Abortion in Literature Without Apology: Abortion in Literature
Some of the most powerful, important abortion narratives show working-class women terminating their pregnancies without regret or anguish.
Jun 26, 2023 / Feature / Edna Bonhomme
The Unsettled Life and Art of Jimmie Durham The Unsettled Life and Art of Jimmie Durham
A retrospective in Naples magnifies the mystery of the conceptual artist’s work.
Jun 21, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Fordism Comes to the Gallery—and AI Comes for the Artists Fordism Comes to the Gallery—and AI Comes for the Artists
Though hyped in the media as the latest thing, the images generated by AI art are actually old, trapping the viewer in a time loop of kitsch.
Jun 14, 2023 / Dwayne Monroe
The Curious Case of the Transcendental Painting Group The Curious Case of the Transcendental Painting Group
A touring exhibition of 20th-century painting from the American Southwest is poised to be the next big art world hit. Yet the show forces us to ask: What is fueling the revival?
May 22, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Max Pearl
A New Continuum of Art History at the Carnegie International A New Continuum of Art History at the Carnegie International
The long-running exhibition of international art offers an indispensable lesson in art outside the bounds of America’s reach and a different way to see history.
Mar 23, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Nan Goldin’s Life Between Art and Activism Nan Goldin’s Life Between Art and Activism
The impact of her pioneering photography and her advocacy on behalf of those harmed by Purdue Pharma is chronicled in Laura Poitras’s All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.
Mar 4, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Victor Navasky Recognized the Power of Cartooning Victor Navasky Recognized the Power of Cartooning
The former Nation editor and publisher’s book The Art of Controversy prods what gives political cartoons the power to excite violent passion.
Beyond Zombie Figuration Beyond Zombie Figuration
The craze for figurative painting might be at an impasse. These three painters stand above the pack, making work that challenges the very idea of the form.
Dec 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Teju Cole’s Elegiac Criticism Teju Cole’s Elegiac Criticism
For the novelist and photographer, to see—and to write about what one sees—is a way to confront the hard facts of the world.
Nov 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Walton Muyumba
The Outer Limits of Painting The Outer Limits of Painting
Recent shows from Rick Lowe and Mary Heilmann subvert expectations of the medium, their work exploring social life and its imperfections past the confines of the canvas.
Nov 8, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky