Art
Confederate Monuments
A review of “Monuments,” an exhibition of vandalized Confederate monuments and responses by nineteen contemporary artists in Los Angeles (“Reconstructed,” The New Yorker)Confederate Monuments
Kerry James Marshall
A short profile of the painter ahead of his first U.K. retrospective, at the Royal Academy. (“Grand Style,” RA Magazine)Kerry James Marshall
The First Homosexuals
A review of an exhibition surveying the origins of gender and sexuality.The First Homosexuals
The Met’s Rockefeller Wing and Restitution
A critique of the Met’s reinstalled wing of art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.The Met’s Rockefeller Wing and Restitution
Jack Whitten Went Hard in the Paint
A review of the Jack Whitten retrospective at MOMA.Jack Whitten Went Hard in the Paint
Lorna Simpson
A profile of the artist and her lifelong relationship with New York City. (“Now You See Her,” The New Yorker)Lorna Simpson
Mati Diop
A profile of the French-Senegalese filmmaker, whose ”Dahomey” explores art restitution in postcolonial Africa. (“Take Me Home,” The New Yorker)Mati Diop