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REVIEW: Lana Del Rey’s latest album is an affectionate work from the complicated artist

Capturing an era through film photography

The use of film photography has soared since 2015, according to The New York Times. Film photography has been matched with certain aesthetics that overwhelm social media feeds with grainy, lower quality “photo dumps.” Curating posts that strive for perfection have become “cringe,” according to an article from Vogue that explains how photo dumps have answered “overly-manicured” aesthetics with the “moodiness of Tumblr-era emo sensibilities.”

REVIEW: ‘In the Camp of Angels of Freedom’ is a passionate, but messy read

In Arlene Goldbard’s book, “In the Camp of Angels of Freedom,” published on Jan. 24, Goldbard asks her readers: what does it mean to be educated? In her book, she mixes personal narrative, political observation and portrait paintings; the combination of these highlights how her ideas of education have shifted and formed through personal experience; however, the final product is murky.

Meow Wolf: Corporatized cash grab or subversive art experience?

The Meow Wolf artists collective, initially founded in 2008 “as an informal DIY collective of Santa Fe artists,” has had a successful last few years with the founding of their flagship branch in Santa Fe in 2016 and opening subsequent locations in Denver, Las Vegas and a recently announced location in Grapevine, Texas, according to their website. With this expansion in popularity and monetization comes questions of authenticity — is Meow Wolf still the homegrown art exhibit it started as in 2008?

‘Chocolate: The Exhibition’ shares global history of beloved treat

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science near Old Town explores the local connections and the global history of chocolate in “Chocolate: The Exhibition,” which opened to the public June 17, 2022 and is set to close March 12, 2023.