Reanimating Marcel DuchampHauser & Wirth’s “Marcel Duchamp” is a gorgeous and inchoate celebration of an uncategorizable artist....YXTA MAYA MURRAYART & ARCHITECTURE
Formalism and the Demon of Analogy: A Conversation with Rosalind KraussThe celebrated art historian and critic discusses her forthcoming book on Roland Barthes....ABIGAIL SUSIKART & ARCHITECTURE
The VandalWhy does Salvador Dalí’s religious art inspire such ferocious responses?...KASRA LANGART & ARCHITECTURE
The Book of Saint PhallesJackson Davidow ponders "What Is Now Known Was Once Only Imagined," Nicole Rudick's look at the art of Niki de Saint Phalle....JACKSON DAVIDOWART & ARCHITECTURE
Shedding Our Concrete Skin: On Bjarne Mastenbroek’s “Dig It!: Building Bound to the Ground”A striking visual survey of architectural projects that “merge building and ground.”...LYRA KILSTONART & ARCHITECTURE
Alternative Realities and Counterfactual Enigmas: On Joseph Giovannini’s “Architecture Unbound: A Century of the Disruptive Avant-Garde”A challenging and compelling study of avant-garde architecture....SAM HALL KAPLANART & ARCHITECTURE
Alive with Potent Energy: The Work of Sylvia SnowdenAn engaging exhibition of the artist’s vivid canvases was mounted late last year in Los Angeles....JOHANNA DRUCKERART & ARCHITECTURE
Exploring Racial Imaginaries in Soviet Visual CultureYevgeniy Fiks’s new book offers a rare glimpse into the Soviet Union’s ideological views on race and Blackness....SARAH VALENTINEART & ARCHITECTURE
“A Dyed-in-the-Wool Revolutionary Spirit”: Paul Gorman on the Legacy of Barney BubblesThe late album-cover designer had a singular sensibility as recognizable as Lichtenstein’s or Kandinsky’s....ELIZABETH NELSONART & ARCHITECTURE
Returning the GazeMargot Mifflin reviews Catherine McCormack’s “Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies.”...MARGOT MIFFLINART & ARCHITECTURE
Living, Breathing Expressions of Self: On Jennifer Higgie’s “The Mirror and the Palette”Higgie’s book tells a remarkable story of women artists’ self-possession and creativity....PARIS A. SPIES-GANSART & ARCHITECTURE
The Melancholy of Embodiment: Dara Birnbaum’s Mass Media InvestigationsA facsimile edition of Birnbaum’s notebook from the 1970s, with detailed drawings, installation plans, and notes for projects....GRACE HADLANDART & ARCHITECTURE
Art in the Speculative City: A Conversation with Susanna Phillips NewburyKate Wolf speaks to Susanna Phillips Newbury, author of “The Speculative City: Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles.”...KATE WOLFART & ARCHITECTURE
Biddy Mason in Images: A Monumental Life in Monumental FormsA pioneer of Los Angeles’s Black community comes to life in a LACMA exhibition....ARIELLE XENA ALTERWAITEART & ARCHITECTURE
Van Gogh Experiences: Immersive Art in the COVID EraRachel Teukolsky on the joys and shortcomings of immersive Van Gogh exhibits....RACHEL TEUKOLSKYECONOMICS AND FINANCEART & ARCHITECTURE
Breaking Up with the ArtsThe pandemic has highlighted the broken relationship between artists and the institutions that support them....ALEXIS CLEMENTSART & ARCHITECTURE
Walking in L.A.Janet Sternburg’s latest collection of photos finds beauty in the quotidian....GEOFF NICHOLSONART & ARCHITECTURE
Caring for a Living: Aliza Nisenbaum’s NHS PortraitsThe artist’s 2021 Tate Liverpool exhibition was a tribute to National Health Service staff....JEANNE DRESKINART & ARCHITECTURE
“I’m Going to Make a Fire”: The Transmogrifications of Gary LeibPeter Catapano remembers his friend, the animator and musician Gary Leib....PETER CATAPANOART & ARCHITECTURE
Kafka, the ArtistKafka’s visual art is now available in a database maintained by the National Library of Israel....NICHOLAS SAWICKIART & ARCHITECTURE
Museums in the Age of GlobalizationDonatien Grau’s rich collection of interviews assesses the meaning of the encyclopedic museum today....EZRHA JEAN BLACKART & ARCHITECTURE
Letter to the Editor: Martha Buskirk Responds to Alex WeintraubMartha Buskirk responds to Alex Weintraub’s review of her book "Is It Ours?: Art, Copyright, and Public Interest."...MARTHA BUSKIRK, ALEX WEINTRAUBART & ARCHITECTURE
Jesse Jackson’s “Suburban Ecologies”: Irvine, RefractedFor Catherine Liu, Jesse Jackson’s exhibit “Suburban Ecologies” affords a provocative and unsettling reading of Irvine....CATHERINE LIUART & ARCHITECTURE
Sight and Insight: “Paulina Peavy: An Etherian Channeler”An exhibition of Paulina Peavy’s work explores the artist’s fascination with spiritualism and alien consciousness....JOHANNA DRUCKERART & ARCHITECTURE