In these times of cruelty against immigrants in the United States, nativity scenes have become sites of political protest. In one installation in Massachusetts, Mary and an infant Jesus are absent, replaced by a sign that reads, "ICE was here." In another one in...

Tishan Hsu saw the future coming as early as the 1980s, when he began producing abstract paintings with sculptural additions that looked variously like warping screens and torqued body parts. Beyond the body horror seen in David Cronenberg’s films, there wasn’t much...

In Atlanta, the desire for critical art writing has spurred many heated debates on the question of responsibility. Whose responsibility is it to write critically about the arts in the Southeast? Which writers have the knowledge and care to write well-informed cultural...