The painter Anne Russinof, who lived and worked in Brooklyn for many years, died early Sunday morning, January 26. According to friends, the cause of death was cancer. Originally from Chicago, Anne was a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received an MFA from Pratt […]
Contributed by Kenneth Greiner / St. Augustine’s Tower, Hackney’s oldest building, is a late-medieval stone structure once connected to a long demolished church. At times used as a mortuary and tool shed, it’s now a museum, open once a month in this recently gentrified corner of East London. Inside the Tower are four floors for immersive art, connected by an agonizingly narrow set of stairs. Earlier this month, this improbable venue presented the group exhibition “Sonorous,” which concerned vibration as a means of communication. And it worked. The weathered crypts and headstones at the base of the tower echoed a somber song that the sound of the Tower bell magnified, rustling the cobwebs that rested in its eaves.
Contributed by Sharon Butler / The Whitney Biennial 2026 has a knack for knocking the human project, wistfully and ruefully examining the past, and planting dread about the future. Curators Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, with Beatriz Cifuentes and Carina Martinez, made 300 studio visits, ultimately winnowing the roster down to 56 artists, duos, and collectives. The curators’ definition of what is “American” is expansive; the artists’ birthplaces span the globe, and many have settled in the US after fleeing wars and other forms of political turmoil….
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / In 2025, movies seemed to catch up with and confront the Trump era. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another – based on Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland and nimbly arraying multiple stars with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead – is a deeply informed outcry of conscience and resistance, chiseled by satire into a grand statement. Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos’ creepily penetrating and funny…