Winter Open House at PS1

A few weeks back, we stopped into the Winter Open House at PS1, which featured live animals, part of an exhibit by Darren Bader that raises all kinds of provocative questions, including what does it mean to offer animals for adoption as art? and why won't these cats come out and sit on our laps?; a giant room full of yarn and mirrors by Surasi Kusolwong (indeed, that is a kid jumping from the yellow bench in the lower right into the multicolored mass); and a loop of YouTube videos screened at Tahrir Square during last year's revolution, an event that came to be known as Tahrir Cinema, curated by Cairo-based artist Lara Baladi. There was also a horrifying thing in a hallway, perhaps once a pizza, perhaps once a dishwasher, but it's best not to speak of unspeakable things.