The Cold Gaze and the Myth of Objectivity

A Copenhagen exhibition offers a rich view into the creative production and daily life in the Weimar Republic, with its glamour and its grotesquerie.

The Gap Between Things and Their Names

A deep sense of loss, of being cut off or isolated from communication, runs through Elsa Gramcko’s works, imbuing them with inchoate feelings that precede language.

Modest Perspectives on Printmaking

Carried Impressions: Lithographs and Monoprints from the 1960s doesn’t demand the spotlight, but it’s ripe for exploration.

Views From the End of Human Expansion

Five Southern California Views taps into the mythology of the West as an expanse for the imagination, only to decenter the human presence.

Shalom and Pass the Joint 

A new exhibition reveals how Jewish people throughout history have embraced marijuana both spiritually and politically.

How Anthony Daley Abstracts Rubens

In the work of Rubens, painter Anthony Daley finds correspondences of color that can carry expressive meanings abstractly.

Required Reading

This week, feline cinematography, two writers on Salman Rushdie, your guide to Valentine’s Day cards, and what happened to the documentary industry?