Visual Arts
National Pride (and Prejudice) wants us to reexamine the relationship between a country’s iconic images and its not-so-reassuring realities.
Read MoreAt their best, the exhibitions at the restored, renovated, and expanded Cooper-Hewitt Museum explore the history and culture of design and decorative arts with transcendent panache.
Read MoreGagosian Gallery’s show Picasso & the Camera is the art bargain of the season.
Read MoreAs is the case with all public spaces, Magazine Beach reflects the sensibilities and desires of its users, who ruined, abandoned, embraced, and transformed the area.
Read MorePlanes, Trains, and Automobiles at the MFA is a delightful exhibition dedicated to vehicular speed, mobility, style, and joy.
Read MoreVisual Arts Review: Anne Lilly and Carrie Seid — Tapping Into the Potential of Abstraction to Puzzle
Each artist leverages the power of abstraction to bewilder in ways that provoke ideas and a variety of emotional reactions.
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Visual Arts Commentary: The Telling Anonymity of Political Street Art
Highlighting the identity of artists is essential in art world journalism, but it appears to be unimportant when reporting on the artistic contributions to political street demonstrations.
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