Discovering Rick Barton

I am not alone when I say that I had never heard of Barton before his exhibition opened at the Morgan Library & Museum.

How Art Helps to Manipulate Minds in Severance

The sci-fi thriller’s meticulous attention to detail offers a world not soon forgotten with carefully chosen subliminal references lurking in the murky waters of our subconscious.

Required Reading

This week, Kate Bush makes a comeback, Boris Johnson goes home, stop saying “OK Boomer,” and more.

A Film Asks: What Is Home? 

In Nadav Assor and Tirtza Even’s film Chronicle of a Fall, on immigrant cultural workers in the US, there is no singular, stable view of anything.

Hew Locke Challenges Empire in Birmingham

The artist realized what he previously called an “impossible proposal,” building a ship around a public statue of Queen Victoria, where she’s joined by five smaller replicas of herself.

Required Reading

This week, journalists are too pleased with themselves, Dolphins visit New York, Bill Gates hates NFTs, and more.