The Art World's a Stage
Leonor Fini’s first U.S. retrospective is being staged at an unexpected venue: the Museum of Sex. This is no coincidence, as sometimes it is an outsider’s voice that makes us pay attention to what matters most.
Maiden, Mother, Crone
Hilma af Klint channeled her artistic impulse from a higher realm. Contemporary critics seem to look down on her spiritualism. less than half thinks this is a mistake.
Small Voices
In her retrospective “Other Situations” at el Museo del Barrio, Liliana Porter says a whole lot with very modest tools: mostly plastic figurines, tchotkes, collectible porcelain, and a whole lot of wit.
Required Reading
Reigning monarch of Brazilian Modernism Tarsila do Amaral arrives at MoMA to much fanfare. But does the Museum do her justice? less than half sees what the hype is all about.
Laura Owens is not an -ism
Laura Owens Mid-career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Unmasking Sikán
Cuban printmaker Belkis Ayon's retrospective at el Museo del Barrio in Manhattan