Art
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
Teju Cole’s “Tremor”
A review of the writer and photographer’s new novel about appropriation and the ethics of portrayal. (“Long Exposure,” The New Yorker)Teju Cole’s “Tremor”
Samuel Fosso’s Century in Selfies
A review of an exhibition of the photographer’s self-portraits in Princeton. (The New Yorker)Samuel Fosso’s Century in Selfies
Kehinde Wiley
A profile of the painter Kehinde Wiley, Barack Obama’s portraitist, who paints ordinary black people in the style of the Old Masters. I visited him in Brussels, where he was street-casting, at his studio in Williamsburg, and in Dakar, Senegal, at his luxorious Black Rock residency. (“The Painter and His Court,” The New Yorker)Kehinde Wiley
Marilyn Nance and FESTAC ’77
A review of the African-American photographer’s record of a pan-African festival in Lagos. (The New Yorker)Marilyn Nance and FESTAC ’77