Artist Gerhard Richter works in his studio in 1984. Gerhard Richter took a pronouncedly dead medium and brought it back to life. To be fair, painting had been claimed to be on its last legs time and time again, onlyRead more…
Protected: ODB Returns with Smarter Laughs
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Contextualizing Contemporary
Oddly enough, I remember exactly where I was sitting when I learned what the term “modern” meant in the context of music. My fourth-grade music classroom featured a timeline of musical periods, ending with “MODERN,” which did not have anRead more…
How to Praise “Moonlight”
“It’s perfect,” remarked a friend of mine, a 21-year-old who identifies as a black and queer man, just after seeing Barry Jenkins’s new film “Moonlight.” He had trouble even putting into words one core tenant that made the filmRead more…
Familiar Infidelity, Translated Into a Less Familiar “Black Mirror” World
Today’s more accessible television is a direct response to the technological demands of today’s tech-driven consumers. Streaming services like Netflix and HBO’s online service HBO GO provide subscribers with a more immediate, personalized television experience, which the Internet has madeRead more…
Tseng Kwong Chi: A Name That Should Be Known
New York, New York, 1979. Photograph by Tseng Kwong Chi. Courtesy of Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc. It’s not often that an exhibition, not to mention one by an artist whose name I have never heard before, makes me feelRead more…
Light on Display in Rick Guest’s New Series “Americana”
Photograph by Rick Guest. Image courtesy of East Photographic. Light is consistently the most intentional and care-given aspect of each photograph that British photographer Rick Guest takes. Car manufacturers like Bentley and Ferrari have hired Guest to photograph theirRead more…
Where a Critic Self-Aligns
— A cultural critic’s job is inherently more contentious and controversial than most; not only do they have the power to affect consumption of another’s work in a way that can earn critics high levels of resentment, but they alsoRead more…