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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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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.
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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 Hunter…
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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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, $15.95
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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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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. Co…
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 Saval…
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 Whitn…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
In the composer’s second album, the poetry of continuums connects the past with new beginnings.
Endlessness, by Nala Sinephro, Warp Records
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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…
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…
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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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…
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…
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…
We’re back with a new issue September 6! Until then, enjoy this archival roundup of reviews that may make you think twice about what’s for dinner . . .
Gunda. Courte…
Three multitalented multitaskers, both camera ready and camera steady.
Edmond O’Brien as Harry and Ida Lupino as Phyllis in The Bigamist. Image courtesy The Filmakers Inc. / Photofest…
In the heat of the sweatiest season, a slew of mystery and suspense books to make your blood run cold.
From Monica, by Daniel Clowes. Courtesy Fantagraphics.
It’s a known fact that w…
Heartache and horror, joy and humor, in a range of vivid, imagination-filled portrayals of Palestinian lives.
Razan AlSalah, Your Father Was Born 100 Years Old, And So Was the Nakba, 2017. …
We’ll return with a new issue on September 6! In our first summer missive, we’re shining a spotlight on a trio of writers who made the leap from the blank page to the silver scre…
