Thursday, October 17, 2024

Mysticism by Brian Dillon

Simon Critchley examines the relationship between storied mystical traditions and the transformative properties of artistic practice. Mysticism, by Simon Critchley, New York Review Books, …

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Anora by Melissa Anderson

In Sean Baker’s latest film, a young exotic dancer from Brighton Beach embarks on a freewheeling odyssey after meeting—and marrying—a Russian party-boy oligarch. Mikey Madison as Ani …

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Andrea Blum by Ania Szremski

The artist’s new exhibition teases the boundaries between captivity and freedom, terror and desire. Andrea Blum: BIOTA, installation view. Courtesy Hunter College Art Galleries. Andrea …

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An Image of My Name Enters America by Liz Brown

A chilling slow-burn of hybrid horrors in five wide-ranging essays by Lucy Ives. An Image of My Name Enters America, by Lucy Ives, Graywolf Press, 301 pages, $20 •   •   • …

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

Love Streams by Melissa Anderson

. . . and love stops, and sustains, and continues in fits and starts, in John Cassavetes’s 1984 comedy-drama starring the director-actor and Gena Rowlands. John Cassavetes as Robert Harm…

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Portraits in Life and Death by Mark Dery

Decadence and decay, freedom and friends: Peter Hujar’s 1976 photo book captures the utopia of dystopia. Portraits in Life and Death, by Peter Hujar, foreword by Benjamin Moser, introduct…

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Steve McQueen by Blair McClendon

Skin in the game: the artist’s new exhibition makes manifest the ghosts of racial trauma and colonial violence. Steve McQueen, installation view. Courtesy Dia Art Foundation. Photo: Don S…

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McNeal by David Cote

It’s hard to tell what’s real in Ayad Akhtar’s play starring Robert Downey Jr. as an alcoholic novelist who turns to AI. Robert Downey Jr. as Jacob McNeal (right) and cast of McNeal. …

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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Monumental Graffiti by Sasha Frere-Jones

Art by and for the people vs. architecture in the service of empire. Monumental Graffiti: Tracing Public Art and Resistance in the City, by Rafael Schacter, MIT Press, 386 pages, $39.95 …

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The Empusium by Dorota Biczel

The league of extraordinarily misogynistic gentlemen: Olga Tokarczuk’s new novel is a hair-raising horror story of patriarchy and male desire. The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story, …

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Megalopolis by Nick Pinkerton

In Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film, a visionary architect with utopian dreams navigates political chaos and conspiracy to rebuild a declining American city. Adam Driver as Cesar Catil…

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Native Prospects by Jennifer Kabat

At the historic house of Hudson River School–founder Thomas Cole, contemporary works by Indigenous artists present alternative worldviews of landscape and place. Native Prospects: Indige…

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Thursday, September 26, 2024

Mojave Ghost by Albert Mobilio

In the writer’s “novel-poem,” the movements of memory, mourning, and new beginnings play out against a desert landscape. Mojave Ghost, by Forrest Gander, New Directions, 78 pages, $15…

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Intermezzo by Jessi Jezewska Stevens

The proliferation of binaries offers a new language of possibility in Sally Rooney’s latest novel. Intermezzo, by Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 454 pages, $29 •   •  …

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Rachel Martin by Aruna D’souza

A debut New York solo exhibition showcases the artist’s inventiveness and sly humor. Rachel Martin: Bending the Rules, installation view. Courtesy Hannah Traore Gallery. Photo: Evan Hunt…

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Dahomey by Erika Balsom

In Mati Diop’s poetic documentary following the repatriation of artifacts back to Benin, a plurality of African perspectives and an aura of supernatural enchantment. ​​Still from Daho…

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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Mark Armijo McKnight by Johanna Fateman

In the artist’s new show at the Whitney, a convergence of desire and mysticism, the human body and the natural world. Mark Armijo McKnight: Decreation, installation view. Courtesy the Whi…

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The Intellectual Situation by Sasha Frere-Jones

An eclectic and rewarding mix of delightful, unpredictable writing from n+1’s second decade. The Intellectual Situation: The Best of n+1’s Second Decade, edited by Mark Krotov, Nikil S…

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A Different Man by K. Austin Collins

In Aaron Schimberg’s latest film, the director playfully upends assumptions about disability and representation. Renate Reinsve as Ingrid and Sebastian Stan as Edward in A Different Man. …

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The Last Dream by Jeremy Lybarger

Stories on the verge of a ponderous letdown: Pedro Almodóvar forays into fiction. The Last Dream, by Pedro Almodóvar, translated by Frank Wynne, HarperVia, 216 pages, $26 •   •�…

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Thursday, September 12, 2024

Zong! by Tobi Haslett

Out of a hateful vanishing and an untellable story, m. nourbeSe philip conjures language that gives form to a slave-ship massacre. Zong! As told to the author by Setaey Adamu Boateng, by m.…

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Creation Lake by Brian Dillon

Agent provocateur without a cause: Rachel Kushner’s latest novel follows an American secret agent with no loyalties and even fewer judgments. Creation Lake, by Rachel Kushner, Scribne…

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Arlene Shechet by Jennifer Krasinski

The artist’s “Girl Group” of sculptures at Storm King burst forth with color, mischief, and intelligence. Arlene Shechet: Girl Group, installation view. Courtesy the artis…

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The Substance by Melissa Anderson

Coralie Fargeat’s new body-horror film starring Demi Moore is short on hits, long on misses . . . and focused on bobbing butts. Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance. Court…

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

My Lesbian Novel by Megan Milks

The smutty, the sublime, the mushroom metaphors: romance, the Renee Gladman way. My Lesbian Novel, by Renee Gladman, Dorothy, A Publishing Project, 147 pages, $16.95 •   …

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Expressionists by Emily Labarge

A show at Tate Modern presents the wild, colorful orbit of the early twentieth-century Blue Rider artists. Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider, installation view. Cour…

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Essential/Unessential Warhol by Melissa Anderson

Deep cuts from the artist’s filmography serve up a riveting showcase of scene-stealing freaks and oddballs. Andy Warhol, Batman Dracula (unfinished), 1964 (still). Pictured: Jack…

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Nala Sinephro by Harmony Holiday

In the composer’s second album, the poetry of continuums connects the past with new beginnings. Endlessness, by Nala Sinephro, Warp Records •   •   &b…

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Thursday, August 29, 2024

The Fall 2024 Preview by 4 Columns

Here’s a sneak peek at our lineup for the upcoming season. 4Columns mascot Sparky (im)patiently awaits a new season of arts criticism. Did you miss us? After a long, hot summer, 4Col…

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Thursday, August 22, 2024

Our Summer Art Picks by 4 Columns

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? This art’s more lovely . . . Nicole Eisenman: What Happened, installation view. Photo: Shelby Ragsdale. © MCA Chicago. Pictured, top…

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Thursday, August 15, 2024

Our Albums of the Summer by 4 Columns

Hot heat, hotter tunes: four capsule reviews of recent releases. For this week’s summer missive, we’re trying something new: the 4Columns editors have invited critics to pick th…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic