Nora Turato “pool7” ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Nora Turato’s “pool7” is an elaborate attempt at an exorcism — of language, of self, and of what she repeatedly…
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Pan Daijing “Sudden Places” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Intentional obfuscation runs through “Sudden Places,” the exhibition by Chinese-born, Berlin-based interdisciplinary artist Pan Daijing at the Walker Art Center…
Rineke Dijkstra “Beach Portraits” Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
There is no shortage of these images circulating around the internet, but coming face to face with them is another…
Julie Mehretu “A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory” Museum of Contemporary Art Australia / Sydney
Julie Mehretu has been lauded as one of the most important contemporary artists of our time. The New York Times…
Amy Feldman “Good Fortune” Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Vienna
Visitors to Austria’s capital often seek traces of Vienna circa 1900 – a time when Gustav Klimt painted his opulent,…
Cerith Wyn Evans “Borrowed Light Through Metz” Centre Pompidou Metz
Cerith Wyn Evans has created a time-based installation that transforms Centre Pompidou-Metz into a vessel for experiencing “borrowed lights” across…
Alex Margo Arden “Safety Curtain” Auto Italia / London
Auto Italia’s street-facing window displays facsimile posters for Les Misérables. On them, a text addendum reads: “Tonight’s performance has been…
Julius Eastman and Glenn Ligon “Evil Nigger” 52 Walker / New York
To be out of joint takes having perspective and moral fire; it takes disdain for the status quo and convention.…
Mike Kelley “Ghost and Spirit” Tate Modern, London
“Ghost and Spirit,” the first major UK retrospective of Mike Kelley’s work, begins with “Personality Crisis” (1982). Three large signatures:…
Cosima von Bonin “Songs for Gay Dogs” MUDAM / Luxembourg
Cosima von Bonin’s exhibition “Songs for Gay Dogs” at MUDAM, Luxembourg, is defined by dynamics of generosity and restraint: what…
“Scientia Sexualis” ICA / Los Angeles
“I’ve always been grossed out by the vagina,” my friend, a gold-star gay, deadpans as we survey the landmark group…
Martine Syms “Total” Lafayette Anticipations / Paris
Martine Syms’s work combines humor and social commentary to addressAfrican-American consciousness, its relationship to feminist thought, radical theoretical models, and…
“After Images” Julia Stoschek Foundation / Berlin
“After Images” at Julia Stoschek Foundation in Berlin is an exhibition without images — or almost. Most of the more…
Chiffon Thomas "Ribbon Sharp" Perrotin / Paris
Chiffon Thomas’s sculptures are a vexed dance between laws of prohibition and compulsion for transgression. For his solo show at…
“Energies” Swiss Institute / New York
A hole in the wall greets visitors to “Energies,” an international group exhibition at the Swiss Institute in New York.…
Steve McQueen “Bass” Dia:Beacon / New York
The exhibition brochure for Steve McQueen’s Bass (2024), which occupies Dia:Beacon’s 30,000-square-foot basement with sixty ceiling-mounted LED lightboxes and three…