Features Kenyan Architects Cave_Bureau Imagine an Indigenous Museum Model Unique to Africa Cave_bureau shows how ecological issues go hand in hand with decolonization, all while woring to repatriate African cultural artifacts. By Simon Wu Oct 26, 2023 7:00 am
Features Wang Xu’s Carved Animal Sculptures Have a Welcoming Aura of Cuteness Mixed with Kindness The animals in Wang Xu’s compact, pastel-colored soapstone sculptures engage in a behavior rarely seen in contemporary art: kindness. In one, tiny birds line up and wait their turn to… By Simon Wu May 9, 2023 10:51 am
Features On Opacity Many artists today resist "representation" and cross-cultural legibility. But the task poses countless challenges. By Simon Wu May 11, 2022 11:37 am
Reviews Disquiet in the Abstract: The 2022 Whitney Biennial Mounted after three years of societal upheaval, the Biennial tries to position representations of unrest and inequity alongside looming abstractions. By Simon Wu May 2, 2022 4:47 pm
Reviews Stretched, Stained, and Shed Skins: Quay Quinn Wolf at Jack Barrett In a set of sculptures exploring self-care, Quay Quinn Wolf alludes to both everyday rituals and age-old concerns. By Simon Wu Apr 1, 2022 4:39 pm
Reviews A Sign of the Times: Kahlil Robert Irving and Lyndon Barrois Jr. at 47 Canal Attempting to find meaning in the gaps between representations of time, this two-person exhibition is more diagnostic than dreamlike. By Simon Wu Oct 15, 2021 1:58 pm
Reviews Securing Transactions: Martine Syms at Bridget Donahue Martine Syms's exhibition both embraces and laments the entanglement of brands and identities. By Simon Wu Sep 13, 2021 3:09 pm
Reviews Social Scales: Aaron Gilbert and Martin Wong at P·P·O·W The two painters, working decades apart, have represented social crises in ways both mystical and grounded, caring and stark. By Simon Wu May 20, 2021 5:59 pm
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