A Memorial to Ice at the Dead Deer Disco does not demand political action from its audience. Instead, it allows viewers to sit within the stark reality of the present, and perhaps find some community within the shared reality that the space creates.
Chloe Pingeon
Visual Arts Review: Revival — Materials and Monumental Forms
This exhibition is impressive in drawing connections between material goods and labor, creating beauty out of unconventional forms.
Visual Arts Commentary: Banksy Didn’t Authorize This
When you go to the Art of Banksy website it is immediately clear that Banksy himself had nothing to do with this traveling show.
Visual Arts Review: “America’s Past-time” — Are We Having Fun Yet?
The strength of Robert Freeman’s Black figures, even as they endure humiliation or violence, remains a prominent element in his vision.
Visual Arts Review: “Ways to Baffle the Wind” — Exploring Humanity and Nature at Mass MoCA
Yto Barrada’s intent in this show is not to warn about environmental catastrophe so much as to explore where culture and the natural world meet.
Visual Arts Review: Helina Metaferia’s “Generations” — A Story of Heritage and a Call for Change
The social message of Generations is powerful and clear: it is time to be AWAKE + OUTRAGED.
Visual Arts Review: The Photographs of Deana Lawson — Portals to Possibilities
Viewers are invited to make what they will of the show’s images — to let their imaginations come up with their own expansive and beautiful stories.
Visual Arts Review: “The Treasure House of Memories” — Dreaming of New Pasts
At the ICA, artist Raúl de Nieves’s work is playful, joyful, and up for interpretation.
Visual Arts Review: Mehr Licht! — “New Light: Encounters and Connections”
This wonderfully eclectic show is a post-pandemic invitation to forge new connections and open up fresh conversations.
Visual Arts Review: Virgil Abloh Is Bringing in the Outside at the ICA
“Figures of Speech” is a kind of aesthetic/political injection: its messages are put across by pieces that seamlessly blend a number of genres, including sculpture, music, graphics, and film.