Jonathan Alexander discusses how to view Xavier Schipani and Paul Mpagi Sepuya's exhibitions from behind a screen and have them still mean something.
Reviews
Susan Stewart’s The Ruins Lesson: Looking at “unswept stone besmear’d with sluttish time”
Erin L. Thompson takes a look the appeal of ruin in Susan Stewart’s "The Ruins Lesson."
Subversive Decoration: Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence at the Hammer Museum
Alexandre Saden gives a retrospective walk-through of the Lari Pittman exhibition at the Hammer Museum earlier this year.
On Death and the Finale of Star Trek: Picard
T. S. Mendola discusses the end of "Star Trek: Picard" and what it means to be human — or not.
A Respite for Refugees: The Sun and Her Stars
Chris Yogerst reviews Donna Rifkind's "The Sun and Her Stars," a story of Jewish émigrés and the Golden Age of Hollywood.
On “Julie Mehretu” at LACMA
Nicholas Andes takes a spin through the Julie Mehretu retrospective at LACMA.
Five Griefs: A Review of Orange by E. Briskin
J.D. Ho takes a look at the experimental style of "Orange" by E. Briskin.
A Call to Remember: The Reconstruction Amendments
Andrew M. Davenport reviews historian Eric Foner's concise new book "A Call to Remember: The Reconstruction Amendments."
Los Angeles Plays Itself as Itself
Perwana Nazif recaps the Frieze Los Angeles fair.
Walls Don’t Work: On Lonely Christopher’s In a January Would
Quinn Roberts reviews Lonely Christopher's uncompromising new poetry collection "In a January Would."