Tag Archives: documentary

In a show at NXTHVN, eight artists explore the links between materials and social identity, substance and self. Continue reading →

Art Is Everything follows a queer Chicana performance artist as she confronts racism and misogyny. Continue reading →

Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León descend into the psychologically disturbing world of a child escaped from religious fanatics in their feature-length film The Wolf House. Layered with audio of unsettling voices and the quiet mutterings of a young girl, the grotesque animation seamlessly blends horror and documentary as it recounts some of the tragedies of the Colonia Dignidad, the post-World War II colony that was established by Germans and Chileans under the dictatorial rule of General Augusto Pinochet. More Continue reading →

Who knew people have been flinging themselves into open air since ancient times? Earlier this week, we reported that archaeologists discovered a massive collection of prehistoric art deep in the Colombian Amazon, and new photographs of the findings reveal early humans bungee jumping just like modern adventurers.
Spanning nearly eight miles, the paintings date back about 12,500 years when people first arrived on the continent. Thanks to José Iriarte—who is a professor of archaeology at Exeter University and an expert on the Amazon and pre-Colombian history—we’re able to share up-close images of the terracotta-colored renderings. More Continue reading →

Subsequence, a semiannual magazine produced by the Japanese menswear brand Visvim, is the antidote both to quarantine ennui and the avalanche of cookie-cutter millennial-minimalist lifestyle publications during the 2010s. Continue reading →

A new documentary by Catherine Gund tells the story of an inspirational figure. Continue reading →


You’d be hard-pressed to find a better pairing for the flood of sourdough loaves baked in recent months than a pad of butter, and perhaps a tour of Le Beurre Bordier will inspire the next craze for ambitious home cooks. Claudia Romeo, a journalist with Food Insider, meets with artisan Jean-Yves Bordier to document the processes of French butter making at the Bordeaux shop, revealing the slow and luxurious methods of manufacturing the milky staple. More Continue reading →

No Indigenous artist before him had won the prize in its 99-year history. Continue reading →

For its latest limited edition series, Field Notes tasked nine letterpress shops with capturing the diverse perspectives and histories of the nation through a pocket-sized design. United States of Letterpress is a pastel collection of memo notebooks featuring renderings of small storefronts, geometric patterns, and various slogans, including nods to the upcoming presidential election. Each holds 48 pages of graph paper.
To coincide with the launch, the Chicago-based notebook manufacturer filmed a short documentary, directed by Steve Delahoyde, capturing the processes and history of the art form. More Continue reading →

In photos, installations, and performances the Berlin-based Canadian artist offers ways to “work through” our postcolonial challenges. Continue reading →

A monograph of her Polaroids from her time at the Factory was published in 2015. Continue reading →

Entertainment Justice griots like Will See and Bryce Detroit organize communities through rap, while Pope.L’s work linking Flint and Detroit to New York shows how infrastructures that enforce scarcity can be evaded. Continue reading →

Here’s what we’re reading this morning. Continue reading →

The documentary is replete with tracking shoots of von Rydingsvard’s Bushwick studio, as well as footage of the fabrication and installation of one of her sculptures. Continue reading →

The artist, whose achievements were recognized later in her career, turns 105 years old on May 30. Continue reading →

A defiant middle finger, a heap of sunflower seeds, and various mythical creatures are all silk-screened in black ink on the blue cloth backdrops of nonsurgical masks. The artworks the most recent intervention by artist and activist Ai Weiwei (previously) to help raise money for organizations directly involved with combating the coronavirus pandemic.
Inspired by a documentary he’s making about COVID-19, the artist decided to create an entire collection after printing his iconic middle finger onto one of the disposable cloths. More Continue reading →

In the interregnum of this socially distanced spring, reading Hal Foster’s What Comes After Farce? Art and Criticism at a Time of Debacle felt like a whirlwind tour through a period that had suddenly become historical, much faster than its author could have anticipated. Out from Verso Books today, the volume assembles eighteen short texts […] Continue reading →

In a comic reversal of the usual roles, it’s the parents hiding the porn from their children in Circus of Books, the new Netflix documentary by artist, musician, and filmmaker Rachel Mason. Continue reading →