Reviews Artist Meriem Bennani’s Latest Work Is All About Imagining a Future in Which We Are Able to Cope With Our Disjointed Reality The artist's new film combines quirky personal symbolism, sci-fi tropes, and scenes from everyday life in a bizarre new world. By Ben Davis, Sep 26, 2019
Reviews We Parsed Artist Joe Zucker’s Witty Cult Opus, ‘100 Foot Long Piece,’ Panel by Panel Zucker, who is now in his late 70s, made the work when he had just moved to New York from Minneapolis as a young artist. By Ben Davis, Sep 19, 2019
Reviews Berlin Art Week Offers Artistic Tributes to the Fall of the Berlin Wall on the Historic Event’s 30th Anniversary Many of the exhibitions reflect a sense of pride in the rise of alternative cultures—but also anxieties about the speed of gentrification. By Kate Brown, Sep 12, 2019
Reviews With ‘Radical Love,’ the Ford Foundation’s Art Gallery Makes the Case for Loving as a Social-Justice Strategy "Radical Love” looks at how artists explore empathy and self-care in transformative ways. By Nico Wheadon, Jul 30, 2019
Reviews As Detroit’s Reputation for Emerging Art Grows, a Wildly Ambitious Citywide Festival Shows a New Generation of Artists on the Rise A powerful focus on place actually opened channels to an international dialogue. By Terence Trouillot, Jul 29, 2019
Reviews Why Hito Steyerl’s Near-Mystical Denunciation of the NRA at the Park Avenue Armory Lacks Firepower The installation exposes some hidden histories—but it may also mystify them. By Ben Davis, Jul 11, 2019
Reviews What the Whitney Biennial Tells Us About the Future of Photography—and the Artists Who Will Shape It The show reflects the emerging styles and dilemmas of a new majority. By Danielle Jackson, Jul 3, 2019
Reviews Marta Minujín’s Trippy New Museum Installation Predicted Today’s Immersive Art Craze. It’s Way Weirder Than That, Though The classic installation transfixed Buenos Aires when it debuted in 1965. By Ben Davis, Jun 27, 2019
Reviews At the Met Breuer, Awe-Inspiring Sculptures of Deities Show How an Indian Artist Forged Her Own Personal Language for Fabric Art Long misunderstood, Mrinalini Mukherjee gets her due in New York. By Ben Davis, Jun 17, 2019
Reviews The Oslo Biennale, Which Will Unfold Across the City Over Five Years, Reimagines What Public Art Can Be The inaugural edition of the biennale highlights ephemeral art in a changing city. By Hili Perlson, May 28, 2019
Reviews The 2019 Whitney Biennial Shows America’s Artists Turning Toward Coded Languages in Turbulent Times There are at least three ways to look at the dominant trend in the 2019 survey. By Ben Davis, May 20, 2019
Reviews The New Gretchen Bender Survey Is a Triumph, Revealing a Visionary Artist—and a Tough Lesson About the Power of Media Bender's major installation, 'Total Recall,' is a precise reflection on the need for critical art to be made in the present tense. By Ben Davis, Apr 26, 2019
Reviews At the Broad Museum, the Groundbreaking ‘Soul of a Nation’ Puts a Refreshed Focus on the Struggles of Black Artists in LA The importance of art collectives—and collective struggle—stands out here. By Colony Little, Apr 10, 2019
Reviews Performance Art Star Anne Imhof Brings Violence, Desire, and Flaming Flowers to London’s Tate Modern After winning the Golden Lion at the 2017 Venice Biennale, the German artist returns to the limelight with the four-hour opus 'Sex.' By Lorena Muñoz-Alonso, Mar 25, 2019
Reviews Artist Ian Cheng Has Created an AI Creature Named ‘BOB.’ Now, It’s Up to Viewers to Decide His Fate Cheng is feeling out the potentials of Artificial Intelligence for art. By Ben Davis, Mar 17, 2019
