Criticism Without Borders

WITHOUT BORDERS | Screw Ingmar Bergman’s films. Go see his screen texts on stage, Sept. 3 to 5
Transvestite cabaret blossoms in “Gardenia,” a dance-theater work from Belgium
Theater Review: In “Ghost Light,” a son confronts historical ghosts, family myths and dark dreams
Theater Review: “Unnatural Acts” by the Plastic Theater at Classic Stage Company in NYC
Report from Sarajevo: An inspiring international festival rises above a “catastrophic state of culture” in Bosnia and Herzegovina
RECOMMENDATION | See film screening of American version of German “Trust” at Goethe Institut-Washington
Performance review: Watch a storefront story from a New York sidewalk in this Romanian-American collaboration
Performance review | Diverse City Theater’s nervy revival of Lee Blessing’s “Two Rooms” gives voice to voiceless
Performance review | Seeing the Romanian Cultural Institute’s “Window” through Alice’s looking glass
Performance review | Is “Pâquerette” penetrating, or merely a dance with penetrating elements?
"Helena" by Jose Picayo PHOTOGRAPHY | José Picayo snaps striking portraits for Sept. 16 exhibit - Cuban-born Jose delves into paired portraits, one photograph of the back of a model’s head and another of the front.
Rodríguez Calero, "Transcendent", 1999, Acrollage painting, 24 x 18 in. NUYORICAN FIND | Caught in the glories of race in Rodriguez Calero’s urban paintings - I was so fascinated by the man in Calero's "Transcendent" that I kept circling back to it. Is it a black man? Oh, wait. The painter is a Nuyorican. What gives?
@ Randy Gener GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM | Cuban-American Conceptual artist delights with his curtain of golden beads - Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s “Untitled” Golden (1995) asks of gallery owners and curators to use these beads as room dividers through which any viewer must pass.
"Irises" (1890) by Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise) METROPOLITAN MUSEUM | Seen live in New York, Van Gogh’s two “Irises” will knock you out - It provides a singular opportunity to reconsider Van Gogh's artistic aims and the impact of color fading on his intended results.