# art review (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover art review. Page: Feed: --- ## [‘The End of Oak Street’ turns suburbia into prehistoric thrill ride](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/the-end-of-oak-street-turns-suburbia-into-prehistoric-thrill-ride) _2026-08-20 · DAILYSABAH_ At the end of the block in David Robert Mitchell’s 'The End of Oak Street,” is a cul-de-sac with a telephone pole in the middle and wires radiating out like the cables of a big top... ## [Review of 'Palestine 36': Revisiting Palestine’s past](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/review-of-palestine-36-revisiting-palestines-past) _2026-08-07 · DAILYSABAH_ Annemarie Jacir’s film 'Palestine 36' was released in 2025 but I only just got the chance to see it this summer on a rerelease in my local cinema in Afyonkarahisar. One striking ov... ## [Greek past, American present in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/greek-past-american-present-in-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey) _2026-08-04 · DAILYSABAH_ Every adaptation of the 'Odyssey' is a negotiation between antiquity and the present, and in Christopher Nolan's version the Greek past is dramatized to mirror the American pr... ## ["Their art is a dialogue, an African call and response."](https://shadepodcast.substack.com/p/their-art-is-a-dialogue-an-african) _2026-08-02 · Lou Mensah · Shade Art Review_ Betye Saar and James Barnor: On being in communion with our elders. ## [A Secret Truth](https://shadepodcast.substack.com/p/a-secret-truth) _2026-07-31 · Lou Mensah · Shade Art Review_ My contribution to Courttia Newland's new book, The Art of Opposition. ## [A vanished world: Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/a-vanished-world-memoirs-of-an-arabian-princess-from-zanzibar) _2026-07-30 · DAILYSABAH_ History is often told through the stories of wars, treaties and rulers. Yet the true life of a society lies within its homes, streets, celebrations, ways of raising children, every... ## [Tonal problem of new film version of 'The Odyssey'](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/tonal-problem-of-new-film-version-of-the-odyssey) _2026-07-28 · DAILYSABAH_ Lupita Nyong’o, who plays Helen in the newly released film 'The Odyssey,' has praised the director Christopher Nolan for what she calls “his vision.” The casting of the Kenyan-Mexi... ## [After Paris: Turkish modernism beyond the myth of French capital](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/after-paris-turkish-modernism-beyond-the-myth-of-french-capital) _2026-07-15 · DAILYSABAH_ Every generation of artists inherits not only an artistic tradition but also a geography of aspiration. Certain cities cease to function merely as places on a map and instead becom... ## [Writing as a way of being: Reading of Ural’s ‘Introduction to Writing’](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/writing-as-a-way-of-being-reading-of-urals-introduction-to-writing) _2026-06-05 · DAILYSABAH_ A. Ali Ural’s “Introduction to Writing” (“Yazarlığa Giriş”) is not merely a technical guide answering the question “how does one write?” Rather, it is a profound work of thought th... ## [‘For Life’: Documentary about Palestinian determination to exist](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/for-life-documentary-about-palestinian-determination-to-exist) _2026-06-01 · DAILYSABAH_ One of the oldest tropes in settler colonial discourse is that the natives 'breed' in unnaturally high numbers, without a care for how they will feed and clothe these newborns, wit... ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pziCSPUKJI48) _2026-06-01 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [Cost of being seen: Digital life and erosion of inner privacy](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/cost-of-being-seen-digital-life-and-erosion-of-inner-privacy) _2026-05-15 · DAILYSABAH_ The most defining characteristic of the modern age is that humanity has changed not only the world it inhabits, but also the way it perceives itself. In a time when technology surr... ## ['The Drama': A romantic black comedy with very high stakes](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/the-drama-a-romantic-black-comedy-with-very-high-stakes) _2026-05-13 · DAILYSABAH_ One of the many things that did not make sense to me growing up watching American films was the truth-or-dare game that seemed to be a requirement in every script. Surely, I though... ## [Shade Art Review is going free](https://shadepodcast.substack.com/p/shade-art-review-is-going-free) _2026-03-08 · Lou Mensah · Shade Art Review_ I'm removing paid tiers! ## [The Plate We Were Given](https://shadepodcast.substack.com/p/the-plate-we-were-given) _2026-03-01 · Lou Mensah · Shade Art Review_ Venice 2026 and the art we consume without question ## [Rerouting the gaze, unspringing the trap: The free and slippery bodies in South Asian photography](https://shadepodcast.substack.com/p/rerouting-the-gaze-unspringing-the) _2026-01-24 · Lou Mensah · Shade Art Review_ Guest essay by Eleanor Sanghara Güstard ## [Joy Gregory: Face, Camera, Process](https://shadepodcast.substack.com/p/joy-gregory-face-camera-process) _2026-01-18 · Lou Mensah · Shade Art Review_ At Whitechapel Gallery 'Catching Flies with Honey' goes beyond portraiture's expectations ## [A Body Sheds](https://shadepodcast.substack.com/p/a-body-sheds-on-transformation-and) _2025-12-07 · Lou Mensah · Shade Art Review_ Bodies in flux inspired by Ashley Nkechi Igwe's text for Read My World festival, and my final podcast of 2025 on art and accessibility. ## [Desperately Seeking Residencies](https://shadepodcast.substack.com/p/desperately-seeking-residencies) _2025-11-23 · Lou Mensah · Shade Art Review_ Accessible spaces for photography practice. Do they exist? ## [Lanre Bakare's 'We Were There' is an essential chronicle of Black culture and resistance beyond London](https://shadepodcast.substack.com/p/we-were-there-but-we-moved-as-one) _2025-11-09 · Lou Mensah · Shade Art Review_ But from North to South of the country, our lives were entwined and some voices fell through the cracks ## [Find what they just said (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/46f4F9cqkt0W) _2025-11-09 · **Sponsored**_ Surface recent public signals so you can send policy-aware, relevant outreach ## [The Art of Spike Lee's film 'Highest 2 Lowest'](https://shadepodcast.substack.com/p/the-art-of-spike-lees-film-highest) _2025-10-26 · Lou Mensah · Shade Art Review_ The director's personal collection is the main character