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A river of bodily emissions runs through it: in Lucio Castro’s new film, the flow of erotic energy proves to be a mystical power.
Laith Khalifeh as Adnan in Drunken Noodles. Courtesy Stra…
In her final collection, Fanny Howe witnesses the same world we all see.
This Poor Book: A Poem, by Fanny Howe,
Graywolf Press, 132 pages, $18
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“I don’t think …
A galvanizing exhibition at PS1 showcases NYC art made by and
for the people.
Greater New York, installation view. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Kris Graves. Pictured, left: fields harrington,…
Hélène Cixous weaves intersecting timescales to relay a multigenerational story of flight and fire.
Incinarration: What Do We Carry?, by Hélène Cixous, translated by Peggy Kamuf, Seagul…
Denial, delusion, dissociation: a new book collects Rachel Aviv’s New Yorker essays about mothers and daughters.
You Won’t Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters, by Rachel Av…
In the Scottish duo’s album Inferno, a kaleidoscopic range builds up a rich and uncanny sense of atmosphere.
Inferno, by Boards of Canada,
Warp Records
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Aliens are among us: in Steven Spielberg’s latest film, the truth is out there—and on our screens.
Colman Domingo as Hugo Wakefield, Tommy Martinez as Santiago, Emily Blunt as Margaret …
The V&A shines a spotlight on the Italian designer’s wild creations and collaborations with stars, celebrities, and Surrealist artists.
Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art, installation…
In his audacious directorial debut, comedian and actor John Early stars as an LA ingenue who relapses into bulimia after becoming a
reluctant food influencer.
John Early as Maddie Ralph in…
Claudia Horn’s book about one of capitalism’s greatest critics presents a tantalizing vision of Luxemburg the eco-socialist.
Rosa Luxemburg’s Herbarium: Radical Ecology and the Global…
To have and to withhold: an exhibition of the Cuban artist’s works emphasizes the body’s dynamism even when tied up, gagged,
or otherwise confined.
Rocío García: The Object of Power …
A new volume collects three never-before-translated novellas by Jacqueline Harpman, author of I Who Have Never Known Men.
We Were Forbidden, by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwart…
In Lynne Tillman’s latest collection of art writing, meaning may not arrive, but attention persists.
Paying Attention: Essays on Art and Culture, by Lynne Tillman, edited and with an intr…
A twenty-five-year survey at the Guggenheim illuminates the run-up to the artist’s fluid and gestural steel sculptures.
Carol Bove, installation view. Courtesy Solomon R. Guggenheim Museu…
Imperfect yet heartfelt performances highlight the improvised nature of Chris Jolly’s 2000 film project, shot using 1960s technology.
Kevin Barnes as Bernard and Jill Carnes as Helen in C…
Crazy, cruel, clueless, all of the above: in his new adaptation of Jean Genet’s play, Kip Williams checks off every box.
Phia Saban as Solange and Lydia Wilson as Claire in The Maids. Cou…
In her new novel about an author researching the Modernist writer, Deborah Levy examines rootlessness and expatriation, partnership and friendship, freedom and devotion to one’s art.
My Y…
Bonding, blending, and a kinship of aesthetics abound in an exhibition of works by the two artists.
David Hammons and Jannis Kounellis, installation view. Courtesy White Cube. © On White W…
On race and retail: Boots Riley’s mile-a-minute film is a wild mix of the heist genre, the ensemble comedy, labor satire, and outright science fiction.
Keke Palmer as Corvette in I Love B…
Antoine Fuqua constructs a biopic as comeback tour starring the King of Pop’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson.
Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in Michael. Courtesy Lionsgate. Photo: Glen Wilson.…
Call her by her new name: in Milagros Mumenthaler’s film about a fashion designer’s mental disintegration, a story of the ruptures between before and after, past and present.
Isabel Aim…
In the late poet Keith Waldrop’s fictional memoir, gentle humor and a powerful afterglow of melancholy and loss.
Light While There Is Light, by Keith Waldrop,
New York Review Books, 201 …
Closer to the heavens: nearly one hundred architectural plans and drawings from a period when attention was directed upward and beyond the stone.
Gothic By Design: The Dawn of Architectural…
MoMA turns the transatlantic Dadaist, prankster, fabricator and reproducer of objects into a proper artist.
Marcel Duchamp, installation view. Courtesy Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Jonathan…
Rising star Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig at her peak deliver impressive performances as a Swiss outsider artist in Liliane de Kermadec’s elliptical 1975 film.
Isabelle Huppert as …
