Reviews Fire and Ice: Marc Swanson at Mass MoCA and Thomas Cole National Historic Site Marc Swanson's memorial installations are intended to draw parallels between the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the climate crisis. By Jackson Davidow Dec 15, 2022 5:32 pm
Reviews One Work: Black Power Naps’s “Chill Pill (Rockabye Baby)” Considering the "sleep gap" that Black and Latinx people often experience, Black Power Naps creates sites for rest. By Charlene K. Lau Dec 6, 2022 12:50 pm
Reviews Labor, Luster, and Lineage: “Hear Me Now” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art While unable to profit from their skills, enslaved Black potters in 19th-century South Carolina exercised great artistry in the vessels on view. By Nicholas T Rinehart Nov 29, 2022 11:08 am
Reviews Rehearsing Ancestry: Cannupa Hanska Luger at the Center for Craft As if staging a dress rehearsal without a director, Cannupa Hanska Luger uses disparate sources to recover the pottery traditions of his ancestors. By Robert Alan Grand Nov 23, 2022 1:02 pm
Reviews An Eclectic Archive of Cultural Currents: “The First Homosexuals” at Wrightwood 659 Curators attempt to trace how a nascent word for a queer identity influenced the following decades of visual art. By Jeremy Lybarger Nov 22, 2022 7:11 pm
Reviews An Abstract Portico: Robert C. Morgan at the Scully Tomasko Foundation The artist-critic deploys geometric abstraction as a reflection of architecture and human interactions. By Lilly Wei Nov 21, 2022 12:52 pm
Reviews Structures of Force: Denyse Thomasos at the Art Gallery of Ontario Grids structure many of Denyse Thomasos's paintings, which grapple with the legacy of slavery and ongoing structures of oppression. By Charlene K. Lau Nov 17, 2022 1:18 pm
Reviews Mapping the Past: Tiffany Chung at Davidson Gallery The Vietnamese-born, US-based artist uses archeological fragments and data visualization to probe multiple layers of history. By Diana Seo Hyung Lee Nov 16, 2022 9:21 am
Reviews Euphoria and Loss: Wolfgang Tillmans at the Museum of Modern Art Attention to the emotional dimensions of sociopolitical moments connects Wolfgang Tillmans's bodies of work in his MoMA retrospective. By Anthony Hawley Nov 14, 2022 4:26 pm
Reviews The Enfolding: Michelle Segre at 56 Henry Michelle Segre's offbeat sculptures made from yarn and wire embody a range of artistic and cultural references. Her recent show takes its title from an Octavia Butler novel. By Louis Bury Nov 14, 2022 3:15 pm