Criticism
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
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
Hilton Als’s “The Islander”
A New Yorker Centenary “Take” on of Als’s 2004 profile of Derek Walcott.Hilton Als’s “The Islander”
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”
Mohamed Mbougarr Sarr
A review of the Goncourt-winning novel “The Most Secret Memory of Men.” (“Absence Africaine,” The New Yorker)Mohamed Mbougarr Sarr