Aruna D’Souza

Massachusetts

Journalist, Writer and Editor at Freelance

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Articles

Rashid Johnson

2 weeks ago | 4columns.org | Aruna D’Souza

Rashid Johnson Aruna D’Souza Through plants, books, multimedia and multimodal works, a primer for Black survival, liberation, and love. Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers, installation view. Courtesy Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Photo: David Heald. © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
A 'Chicano Hieronymus Bosch' Has an Unflinching Vision of America

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Aruna D’Souza

Vincent Valdez depicts moments from the country's past and present that many would prefer to forget. Credit... Ariana Gomez for The New York Times Vincent Valdez depicts moments from the country's past and present that many would prefer to forget. Credit... Ariana Gomez for The New York Times It's easy to see why so many people describe Vincent Valdez's work as prophetic.
Renée Green

1 month ago | 4columns.org | Aruna D’Souza

Renée Green Aruna D’Souza Space, place, and mapping: the artist explores themes of imperialism and colonialism in a new show at Dia Beacon. Renée Green: The Equator Has Moved, installation view. Courtesy Dia Art Foundation. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio. © Renée Green and Free Agent Media.
Beatriz Cortez x rafa esparza

2 months ago | 4columns.org | Aruna D’Souza

Beatriz Cortez x rafa esparza Aruna D’Souza In a new exhibition by the two artists, a spectacular collision of land and tradition, borders and migration. Beatriz Cortez x rafa esparza: Earth and Cosmos, installation view. Courtesy Art at Americas Society. Photo: Arturo Sanchez.
The 'Monstrous Beauty' of Pretty Porcelains at the Met

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Aruna D’Souza

A show at the Met offers a feminist revision of Chinoiserie, a decorative style that swept through Europe in the age of empires and seeded stereotypes of Asian women. The dragon lady, the courtesan, the submissive beauty - these enduring stereotypes of Asian and Southeast Asian femininity circulated in Europe and America centuries before the vast majority of Westerners had ever laid eyes on a real flesh-and-blood woman from those parts of the world.
American Job

Mar 21, 2025 | 4columns.org | Aruna D’Souza

American Job Aruna D’Souza An exhibition at ICP tells the people’s history of US labor from 1940 to 2011. American Job: 1940–2011, installation view. Courtesy International Center of Photography.
A Disruptor Asks, Is New York Finally Ready for 'DOOM'?

Feb 28, 2025 | nytimes.com | Aruna D’Souza

Barking Doberman pinchers behind chain link fencing and performers who looked like they came straight from the Berlin club scene made the ultracool German performance artist Anne Imhof infamous. But last week, at her first rehearsal for " DOOM: House of Hope " at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan, there were no dogs in sight. There were still those impossibly beautiful performers, though, many very young.
An Artist Expands the Landscape of Sound

Feb 14, 2025 | nytimes.com | Aruna D’Souza

Before I met the artist Christine Sun Kim at the Whitney Museum to talk about her new survey show, "All Day All Night," her team sent me a copy of her two-page "access rider." It contained a list of terms to avoid: Don't pathologize her by referring to her as a "deaf artist," and please don't call her "inspirational." It also offered resources on the distinction between small-d deaf (the audiological condition of not hearing) and big-D Deaf (the community that has emerged around the language...
American Artist

Feb 14, 2025 | 4columns.org | Aruna D’Souza

American Artist Aruna D’Souza Placemaking and escape-making: a show at Pioneer Works explores Black geographies and histories through connections to Octavia Butler’s life and literature. American Artist: Shaper of God, installation view. Courtesy Pioneer Works.
With Their Lives Upended, They Practiced the Art of Resilience

Jan 19, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Aruna D’Souza

She supported herself as an illustrator in New York City. Eventually she devoted herself full time to her art; her painting style became playful, almost childlike, incorporating pictographs, bright colors and round-faced characters, as in “Boy, Rooster, Cat” (1964) and “Boy, Goat, Fruit” (before 1972). Her first solo exhibition was at the Oakland Museum in 1972.