In His US Retrospective, Ai Weiwei Takes Old Ideas to New Extremes
The word “fuck” in giant neon letters, (FUCK, 2020), greets visitors to the Seattle Art Museum’s exhibition “Ai, Rebel: The...
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The Last of Us Delivers One of HBO’s Most Shocking Twists to Date
Lately, it feels like Pedro Pascal’s been dying a lot on screen. That’s not a totally accurate statement on two...
Isaac Julien Returns to the Cutting Room Floor of History
SAN FRANCISCO — Time folds unto itself and reflects historical and contemporary moments that have shaped society in Isaac Julien’s...
A Vision of Design That Transcends Empire’s Grid
Western design has long obeyed the dicta of fin de siècle and early 20th-century Berlin and Paris — that ornament...
What’s at the Heart of Our Tarot Fascination?
LONDON — Ask any tarot reader about the origins of the popular cartomancy practice, and you’ll get a variety of...
Clara Peeters’s Still Lifes Are Even Better Than the Real Thing
The city of Gouda in Holland acquired a monopoly on the Dutch cheese trade by 1395, selling its eponymous dairy...
Move Over, Jeff Koons, There’s a New Balloon Sculpture in Town
As I peered into the gargantuan tangle of 50 multicolored inflatables comprising the centerpiece of CJ Hendry’s Keff Joons exhibition,...
