Installation view: “Marcel Duchamp” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Museum of Modern Art, New Yo One of the most interesting aspects of major retrospective surveys—particularly when staged after decades—is the way they attempt to present, and often reframe, the artist by situating their work both within the present moment and across … Read more
If you confuse Bob Odenkirk’s action-thriller Normal with Bob Odenkirk’s action-thriller Nobody, you won’t be alone. Both are about an unassuming middle-aged man who shows he has a penchant for dealing with small town criminals in violent ways. Both have nearly the same title. And both, yes, star Bob Odenkirk. Marketing confusion aside, Normal stands … Read more
When sad-eyed music student Laura (Paula Beer) is involved in a car crash that leaves her boyfriend dead from an horrific head injury, she shows no signs of trauma or grief. In fact, with the intimation that she was plagued with interior suffering prior to the event, this moment appears to have jolted her back towards … Read more
“Taking care of our elderly is not a choice, it’s a patriotic duty,” an ominous voice from the sky declares in the opening moments of Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Trail. Listening carefully is 77-year-old Tereza (the veteran Brazilian actor Denise Weinberg), whose disgruntled expression only deepens when a gold-plated laurel is placed to frame her door to let … Read more
France Floris de Vriendt, Pomona, 1565. © Hallwelska Museum / Statens, Historiska Museum, Stockholm. Photo by Jens Mohr The old joke goes that once the New York Times reports on a trend, it’s safe to say it’s over. Consider, for example, their profile of influencer Clavcular, a representative of the Looksmaxxing fad who “believes that … Read more
yorgos Lanthimos, NOLA 13. Courtesy of the artist and Onassis Stegi Director Yorgos Lanthimos did not win an Oscar for his most recent science fiction film, BugoniaBut still images from the collection found their way into his new show at Onassis Stage in Athens.Yorgos Lanthimos: photosthrough May 17. It features 110 new images, as well … Read more
What the New Museum has built, in both its architecture and its opening exhibition, is a space for thinking about the future while confronting the uncertainties of the present. Courtesy New Museum. Photo: Jason Keen New York clearly missed the New Museum during the extensive renovation that added a 60,000-square-foot expansion—designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architecture … Read more
From Neolithic fire vessels to restored tea vessels in gold, the Metropolitan Museum traces the continuous thread between ancient clay and contemporary life. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art In 2026, as health influencers quote Zen aphorisms and chefs apply vegetables to irregular stoneware, Japanese ceramics seems more like a historical category than a … Read more
ming smith, Social distancing1974. Archival pigment print, 36 x 48 inches. Courtesy of the artist and The Gund at Kenyon College The recent death of the great Martin Parr reminded us that the best practitioners of photography tend to venerate everything about the medium that makes it unique. Parr described his photographs of trans Britons … Read more
THE BLACK PEPPER BANDHUSH HUSH BIZ SINGLE REVIEWIt Kissed Me Tenderly It starts like a memory you didn’t know you had. A voice from somewhere coastal, somewhere worn down by weather and time, telling a story that feels both personal and communal. It Kissed Me Tenderly isn’t just a song—it’s a dispatch from the long … Read more