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The Brooklyn Rail

The Brooklyn Rail is a journal committed to providing an independent forum for visual arts, culture, and politics throughout New York City and beyond.

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brooklynrail.org > 2026 > 09 > artseen > ana-mendieta

Ana Mendieta

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (55+ words) The vocabulary reflexively applied to Ana Mendieta’s work, especially her land-based body imprints, brims with a romance of primordial forces: ritual, spiritual, numinous. The Cuban American artist called it “magic,” a word that feels at odds with the logic of…...

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brooklynrail.org > 2026 > 09 > art > emily-rauh-pulitzer-with-jennifer-stockman-and-joachim-pissarro

EMILY RAUH PULITZER with Jennifer Stockman & Joachim Pissarro

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1797+ words) Portrait of Emily Rauh Pulitzer, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui. Emily Rauh Pulitzer: It’s the library of collectors—not of an institution—because there are great strengths and weaknesses. It goes back to books that Joe—Joseph Pulitzer Jr....

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brooklynrail.org > 2026 > 09 > art > malcolm-peacock-with-amanda-gluibizzi

MALCOLM PEACOCK with Amanda Gluibizzi

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (989+ words) Portrait of Malcolm Peacock, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui. Malcolm Peacock: I think that what I’ve become interested in—and in fact what I was already interested in prior to making Five—is the situation the work is traveling…...

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brooklynrail.org > 2026 > 09 > criticspage > saturation-without-sequitur

Saturation without Sequitur

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (542+ words) The Brooklyn Rail On a corner that formerly housed a gas station in the gentrifying neighborhood of Clinton Hill, a clean white box with massive windows and orange entry points, 272 Greene Avenue, designed by Inès Lamunière of Switzerland and architect…...

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brooklynrail.org > 2026 > 09 > artseen > willem-de-kooning-whelan

Willem de Kooning: The Breakthrough Years, 1945???50

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (179+ words) Willem de Kooning, Untitled (Reclining Figure), ca. 1945. Oil and charcoal on Masonite, 15 × 19 ⅞ inches. © 2026 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy the Collection of Gene and Sueyun Locks. After immigrating as a stowaway from the Netherlands…...

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brooklynrail.org > 2026 > 09 > criticspage > art-historicism-and-the-remaking-of-the-present

Art Historicism and the Remaking of the Present

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1039+ words) The Brooklyn Rail With the recent return to figuration and ascendance of portraiture in contemporary painting, historical reference has returned as a viable method to convey authenticity and engage with tradition in an unironic manner.Now, artists wade through six…...

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brooklynrail.org > 2026 > 09 > film > sean-wilsey-with-weiting-liu

SEAN WILSEY with Weiting Liu

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1135+ words) Weiting Liu (Rail): IX XI is, apparently, a stylized rendering of 9/11. Can we start with your intention behind this stylization? Sean Wilsey: Much of the film is contained in the title. Visually, “IX XI” evokes the Twin Towers, which I…...

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brooklynrail.org > 2026 > 09 > architecture > adam-caruso-with-nile-greenberg

ADAM CARUSO with Nile Greenberg

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (652+ words) Portrait of Adam Caruso, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui. Nile Greenberg (Rail): It seems that architecture is in a state of turmoil. Your practice has been faithful to architecture as a source. Faith in architecture’s ability to be meaningful…...