Reviews
12th Berlin Biennale: Still Present!
It took time for my thoughts on Still Present!, the 12th Berlin Biennale, to settle. At first, my impressions veered...
Charmaine Minniefield:
Indigo Prayers: A Creation Story
Inside the John Howett Works on Paper Gallery at Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum, Indigo Prayers: A Creation Story...
Simone Leigh: Sovereignty
“The work is a gateway, one that bridges extracted projections of African aesthetic realities by refocusing upon the origins of Black exterior expression. Those spaces—just like bodies—hold stories, memories, and dreams. The transformation of this pavilion foreshadowed how this experience would find me in a house of discourses. But this time, there could be a more nuanced conversation about the interiority of Black female consciousness.”
What’s Love Got to Do with It? What Is Left Unspoken, Love
In its presentation of almost 70 works by more than 35 contemporary artists based in North America, Europe, and Asia—including...
partus/chorus
partus/chorus is US-based artist Ja’Tovia Gary’s curatorial debut. It is an exhibition about the Black womb from a perspective anchored...
Because the Sky Will Be Filled With Sulfur—Jeremy Bolen
It is with grace that Jeremy Bolen’s exhibition Because the Sky Will Be Filled With Sulfur tackles the immense amount...
On the National Mall
Someone in the café car asks if she is too early for the seasonal fruit, which as it turns out...
What Makes Another World Possible?
An exhibition at Tallinn Art Hall houses a number of artists curated by Corina L. Apostol that explore various aspects of socially engaged artworks.
The French Dispatch: How Wes Anderson Critics Gaslit Themselves, and Me
There is a wide chasm between what The French Dispatch presents itself to be and what it is.
Lean Into Trust & Confusion at Tai Kwun
Trust & Confusion at Tai Kwun Contemporary in Hong Kong was a collective effort to bring people together through performativity,...