Art & Architecture

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa

Los Angeles in Black and White
Victoria Dailey reviews Jake Milgram Wien’s catalogue raisonné “Paul Landacre: California Hills, Hollywood, and the World Beyond.”
Victoria DaileyNov 8
- Art & Architecture
A Network of Global Incinerators
Rob Arcand reviews Hito Steyerl’s new essay collection, “Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat.”
Rob ArcandOct 19
- Science & Technology
- Art & Architecture
Crisis Makes Weird
Harrison Blackman discusses the aesthetics and politics of Greek cinema’s Weird Wave.
Harrison BlackmanOct 10
- Film
- Art & Architecture
Double Vision [VIDEO]
Michael Kurcfeld interviews Elmgreen & Dragset on the occasion of their new exhibition at Pace Gallery Los Angeles.
Michael KurcfeldOct 9
- Art & Architecture
Against the Wound
Jake Romm navigates artistic depictions of genocide and religious violence—some illuminating, others devoid of substance—from Renaissance Italy to modern-day Berlin, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”
Jake RommSep 29
- LARB Lit
- Art & Architecture
The Lucas Museum and the Question of Narrative Art
Leo Braudy proposes a historical and aesthetic rationale for George Lucas’s Museum of Narrative Art.
Leo BraudySep 16
- Film
- Art & Architecture
The Art of the Ephemeral [VIDEO]
Michael Kurcfeld interviews Luc Tuymans at the Louvre’s Valentin de Boulogne rotunda, where the artist’s murals were recently on display.
Michael KurcfeldSep 13
- Art & Architecture
Bad Diagrams
Cassandra Seltman on the plumbing paintings of Harry Davies
Cassandra SeltmanAug 22
- Art & Architecture
Virtual Worlds, Future Minds [VIDEO]
Michael Kurcfeld interviews Lawrence Lek about his Frieze London exhibition “Guanyin: Confessions of a Former Carebot.”
Michael KurcfeldAug 6
- Art & Architecture
Images of the Life That Exists Beyond Everything
Priya Gandhi explores Hilma af Klint’s studies of nature.
Priya GandhiAug 4
- Art & Architecture
Come Back Later When Your Work Isn’t So Human
Yael Friedman looks at a recent book, exhibition, and film on photographer Larry Fink.
Yael FriedmanJul 29
- Art & Architecture
Intuitive, Impractical Passions
Dan Nadel on the work of legendary underground cartoonist, artist, and sculptor Michael McMillan.
Dan NadelJul 21
- Art & Architecture
- Comics