In the Early 20th Century, Jean Cocteau’s Queer Art Was Notably Cocksure

The French polymath is currently the subject of a retrospective at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. Read more

Migration Stories From World War II to Now

The fact that more than a fifth of Utica’s residents were born outside the US inspires the group show Between Worlds at the Munson Museum.  Read more

Goya and Dix Just Needed a Rainbow

The problem with a show in Venice on war is the insistence that there had to be a bit of hope too — and the hopeful element of this show is feeble, if not schmalzy. Read more

When Will Women Artists Be Equal?

After decades of work, expectations for women artists to prioritize family — or male peers — remains the prevailing norm rather than the exception.  Read more

Nigeria’s Youth Fight for a Better Future

Alain Kassanda’s Coconut Head Generation is a testament to how young people find themselves through each other no matter the place, times, or means. Read more

Marie Watt Creates Care Through Collage

At the core, all of Watt’s work shows a devotion to care and closeness, a desire to make tangible the layers of relations that bind and make us.  Read more

Pratt’s MFA Photographers Indict the “Perfect Body”

Chloe Scout Nix and Lena Smart challenge the distorted body images that prevail in mainstream media. Read more

Learning from Lagos: Lessons from the Megalopolis’s Growing Art Scene

“Lagos is the place to think about what’s happening in the world.” Read more

Snapshots of Everyday Palestinian Life Before the Nakba

Archival photography in Against Erasure ranges from uprisings to olive tree cultivation and an open-air cinema. Read more

Painting at the Periphery of Language

Mary Lum is interested in the deeply rooted human desire to make meaning out of everything, while recognizing that language is a slippery phenomenon. Read more