August 2022


Book Review August 1, 2022

Berlin as the unreal city

A new book makes you ask, somewhat apprehensively, what will happen there next

Andrew Stuttaford

Exhibitions August 1, 2022

Philip Guston in the padded room

After a controversial postponement, the Philip Guston retrospective has landed in Boston

Andrew L. Shea

Film August 1, 2022

Sinking into the pixels

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is an important film about the internet

Nicky Otis Smith

Film August 1, 2022

Ukraine in black and white

Recalling the moral clarity of Lillian Hellman’s The North Star

Timothy Jacobson

Music August 1, 2022

Arcade Fire: the last of the art-rockers?

The band’s return is not just welcome but overdue

Alexander Larman

Music August 1, 2022

The underrated Kenny Dorham

On the fiftieth anniversary of his death, it’s well worth revisiting his remarkable career

Jacob Heilbrunn

Exhibitions August 1, 2022

SoHo’s downtown drawings

Cultural mavens shouldn’t miss out on a knockout exhibition curated by Emily King

Mario Naves