A new exhibit explores the myriad of ways we have created musical instruments in our own image – and incorporated them into our own physicality.
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Comic Art Review: ‘Hot or Not?’ by Jessica Campbell, from Drawn+Quarterly
'Hot or Not' by Jessica Campbell is a tongue in cheek comentary on the physical attributes of male artists of the 20th century.
Read More »Theater Review: ‘Art’ with Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris
A modernist white canvas capsizes the equilibrium among three longtime friends. Is it art?
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Degas & Cassatt’ by Efa & Rubio, from NBM
"Degas & Cassatt' peers into the complex personality of Edgar Degas, whose paintings of ballerinas mask a life of arrogance.
Read More »Art Book Review: ‘Yokai’ by Shigeru Mizuki from Drawn+Quarterly
'Yokai', by Shigeru Mizuki brings readers into hidden world of Japan's wide range of monsters - some comical and some horrifying.
Read More »Art: ‘Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
A triumphant new exhibition surveys decades of Black artists engaging with the art and iconography of ancient Egypt.
Read More »Concert Review: Violinist Dan Flanagan Unfurls ‘The Bow and the Brush’
Flanagan performed solo violin works he commissioned from a plethora of contemporary composers, all inspired by artworks.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Look’ by Viggo Mortensen
'Look' by Viggo Mortensen reminds us to stop and not only look at the world around us but breathe in its beauty.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle Vol 1’ by Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon
'The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle' by Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon is an important and beautiful work of art.
Read More »SXSW World Premiere Documentary: ‘This World Is Not My Own’
This is a rewarding documentary with an approach that takes the genre in unique directions.
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