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Pedro Almodóvar, The Human Voice, 2020, 4K video, color, sound, 30 minutes. Woman (Tilda Swinton). Production still.
Film
John Waters
John Waters on the Best Films of 2020
I May Destroy You, 2020—;, still from a TV show on HBO. Season 1, episode 8. Arabella (Michaela Coel).
Film
Amy Taubin
Amy Taubin on the Best Films of 2020
Jia Zhang-ke, Xiao Wu, 1997, 35 mm, color, sound, 112 minutes.
Film
James Quandt
James Quandt on the Best Films of 2020
Ulrike Ottinger, Freak Orlando, 1981, 35 mm, color, sound, 126 minutes. From “Defiant Muses.”
Film
Erika Balsom
Erika Balsom on the Best Films of 2020
Claire Denis, Beau Travail, 1999, 35 mm transferred to 4K video, color, sound, 93 minutes. Galoup (Denis Lavant) and Bruno Forestier (Michel Subor).
Film
Cassie da Costa
Cassie da Costa on the Best Films of 2020
Still from Yves Tumor’s 2020 Heaven to a Tortured Mind album trailer, directed by Jordan Hemingway.
Music
Sasha Geffen
Sasha Geffen on the Best Music of 2020
Philip Glass, Akhnaten, 1984. Rehearsal view, Metropolitan Opera, New York, October 30, 2019. Akhnaten (Anthony Roth Costanzo). Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera.
Music
George Lewis
George Lewis on the Best Music of 2020
Still from Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion’s 2020 video WAP, directed by Colin Tilley.
Music
Honey Dijon
Honey Dijon on the Best Music of 2020
Sarah Hennies performing at the Audiograft Festival, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK, March 17, 2019. Photo: Jason Warner.
Music
David Grubbs
David Grubbs on the Best Music of 2020
Fiona Apple performing at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, New York, March 23, 2012. Photo: Chad Batka/The New York Times/Redux.
Music
Perfume Genius
Perfume Genius on the Best Music of 2020
December 2020
Features
Gerhard Richter
Jason Farago on “Gerhard Richter: Painting After All”
Protester breaking off the hand of a statue of Louis XVI, Louisville, KY, May 28, 2020. Photo: WDRB News.
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When Statues Fall
Paul B. Preciado’s Year in Review
Features
Go Outside
Hannah Black’s Year in Review
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (We will no longer be seen and not heard), 1985, silk screen and lithography on paper, nine parts, each 20 3/4 × 20 5/8".
Features
Seriality, Sociability, Silence
Hal Foster on art and lockdown
Mel D. Cole, Richmond, VA, June 20, 2020.
Mel D. Cole, Richmond, VA, June 20, 2020.
December 2020
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