Art & Architecture

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

Paul R. Williams in Los Angeles: A Conversation with Janna Ireland
Janna Ireland discusses her new book of photos of L.A. buildings designed by a major Black architect.
Erin KaplanDec 22, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- History
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Paddy Johnson on How Digital Art from 2016 Foreshadowed Our Current Crisis
As I scan headlines meting out the collapse of our institutional structures, I worry that my body is miming what I see.
Paddy JohnsonDec 18, 2020
- Art & Architecture
Seeing the Mom in Pop: A Conversation with M. I. Devine
The author of “Warhol’s Mother’s Pantry” discusses the pleasures of pop art and the trope of motherhood in popular culture.
Naya ClarkDec 16, 2020
- Art & Architecture
The Dream of the Swimming Pool
James Delbourgo considers the ways we've looked at swimming pools over the years.
James DelbourgoDec 14, 2020
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Andrew Russeth on the Networks That Artists Built, Depicted, and Reimagined in 2015
Andrew Russeth reflects on networks of art and artists in 2015 in the most recent essay in Art Matters Now.
Andrew RussethDec 11, 2020
- Art & Architecture
The Beheading of Rhodes in Cape Town
Nadia Davids reflects on the sawed-away bust of Cecil Rhodes in light of confrontations with memorials both in Cape Town and across the world.
Nadia DavidsDec 1, 2020
Much, Much Love: On Etel Adnan and Lynn Marie Kirby’s “Oracular Transmissions”
Sophia Stewart considers the epistolary collaboration of Etel Adnan and Lynn Marie Kirby.
Sophia StewartNov 28, 2020
Postcards from Confinement
Author portraits in the age of COVID-19.
Alejandro MeterNov 20, 2020
- Around the World
- Art & Architecture
“Art Is So Scary”: Yulia Tsvetkova and the Suppression of Dissent in Putin’s Russia
Lillian Avedian examines the campaign of persecution against an outspoken Russian artist and activist.
Lillian AvedianNov 18, 2020
Making Art “Bad” Again: Shock, Protest, and Visual Art in the Age of Trump
The problem of obviousness in today’s protest art.
Sophie HaigneyNov 16, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Politics
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Claudia La Rocco on Seven Years Ago
Claudia La Rocco looks back on her artistic encounters of 2013 for Art Matters Now.
Claudia La RoccoNov 12, 2020
- Art & Architecture
The Light in Istanbul: On Orhan Pamuk’s “Orange”
The writer as photographer and flâneur, tracing the changing cityscape.
Jonah Goldman KayOct 28, 2020