4Columns is on holiday break and will be back with a new issue on January 12, 2024! Till then, we look back at our most-read essays of the past year.
Father Time (4Columns assistant senior editor Bolek) and Baby New Year (our mascot Sparky) are ready to ring in 2024—but first, the top-ten reviews of 2023!
Another year past, another year to go out with the old and bring in the new—well, almost! Before 4Columns returns from a brief holiday hiatus to our regular publishing schedule on Friday, January 12, 2024, we turn a nostalgic look back at our ten most-read reviews of 2023. Check out our year-end list, but don’t stop there—in this holiday interlude, also peruse our archives to find other gems you may have missed!
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Johanna Fateman on Puppies Puppies
Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo): Nothing New, installation view. Courtesy New Museum. Photo: Dario Lasagni.
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Yasmine Seale on Partisans of the Nude
Omar Onsi, À l'Exposition (Young Women Visiting an Exhibition), 1932. Oil on canvas, 17 3/4 × 14 3/4 inches. Courtesy Mir Samir Abillama.
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Yasmina Price on Ousmane Sembène
Tabata Ndiaye as Princess Dior Yacine in Ceddo. Courtesy Film Forum.
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Melissa Anderson on May December
Natalie Portman as Elizabeth Berry and Julianne Moore as Gracie Atherton-Yoo in May December. Courtesy Netflix. Photo: Francois Duhamel.
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Sukhdev Sandhu on Copy Machine Manifestos
Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines, installation view. Courtesy Brooklyn Museum. Photo: Paula Abreu Pita.
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Sasha Frere-Jones on André 3000
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Nick Pinkerton on Killers of the Flower Moon
Lily Gladstone as Mollie Burkhart and Leonardo DiCaprio as Ernest Burkhart in Killers of the Flower Moon. Courtesy Apple TV+.