Jason Farago
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Blaise Cendrars’s Eye-Opening Artist’s Book at the Morgan
A travelogue in verse, rich with Sonia Delaunay’s art pyrotechnics, is the centerpiece of one of the most eye-opening shows of the summer.
‘20 Days in Mariupol’ Review: Ukrainian City Under Siege
While the Ukrainian city was under siege by Russian forces, a team of journalists recorded the brutal war, resulting in this essential documentary.
‘Rear View’ Is Rather Forward Thinking
At LGDR’s new gallery, 60 backward-gazing works by artists like Degas, Klimt and Cecily Brown highlight blue-chip buttocks.
Heinali Is Reconstructing Kyiv, One Synth Wave at a Time
“Kyiv Eternal,” by the composer and sound artist Heinali (real name Oleh Shpudeiko), submerges listeners in the sounds of the prewar Ukrainian capital.
Reconstructing Kyiv, One Synth Wave at a Time
“Kyiv Eternal,” by the composer and sound artist Heinali (real name Oleh Shpudeiko), submerges listeners in the sounds of the prewar Ukrainian capital.
‘The Sassoons’: A Family Romance at Global Scale
The Jewish Museum surveys one of the grandest families of the 19th century: a hemisphere-spanning dynasty of merchants, poets, soldiers and socialites (oh, and also...
At the Met Museum, Richard Avedon at Large
“Richard Avedon: Murals” fills just one gallery of the Met, but “fills” is an understatement. These portraits of prominent political and social figures are a...
‘Casablanca’ and the Romance of the Refugee
A showcase of memorabilia at the Neue Galerie spotlights the Central European exiles who crafted Hollywood’s great wartime love story.
Review: In ‘Monochromatic Light,’ Artists Saturate and Vacate Space
Tyshawn Sorey’s music, initially written with Mark Rothko’s abstractions in mind, comes to the Park Avenue Armory with art by Julie Mehretu.
The Disappearing World of Wolfgang Tillmans
His informal, generous pictures were some of the most moving art of the 1990s. Now, at MoMA, time catches up with the German photographer.