Art & Architecture

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

Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Rahel Aima on the Rallying Cries of 2009
In the newest installation of Art Matters Now, Rahel Aima looks back on Occupy and the rallying cries of 2009.
Rahel AimaOct 22, 2020
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Making Art Do Work
Reviewing W. Patrick McCray’s “Making Art Work,” Peter Sachs Collopy argues it can be read as a history of how art became managerial in the 1960s and ’70s
Peter Sachs CollopyOct 22, 2020
The Great Unread: On William Deresiewicz’s “The Death of the Artist”
Robert Diab on William Deresiewicz’s new book, “The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech.”
Robert DiabOct 13, 2020
The Art and Artifice of Remembering in Steve Fagin’s “The Batista Syndrome”
Susannah Rodríguez Drissi considers Steve Fagin’s video miniseries about trauma, memory, and Batista-era Cuba.
Susannah Rodríguez DrissiOct 1, 2020
From Cluster Bombs to Spoons: An Interview with Artist Pratchaya Phinthong
Artist Pratchaya Phinthong discusses his sculpture “Spoon,” which is made from disarmed munitions and was featured at SFMOMA in 2019.
Arvind DilawarSep 28, 2020
Sidelights: Searching for the Young Edward Hopper
Dispatches from the childhood archive of one of America’s most iconic painters.
Juliana RothSep 26, 2020
- Art & Architecture
Real Life Rock Top 10: September 2020
LARB presents the September installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusSep 25, 2020
Love Letters in Blood: On “Queer Communion: Ron Athey”
Bradford Nordeen takes “Queer Communion: Ron Athey,” edited by Amelia Jones and Andy Campbell.
Bradford NordeenSep 24, 2020
On Radical Dance: Yvonne Rainer and Simone Forti
On the writings of two major avant-garde dancers and choreographers.
Cassie PackardSep 20, 2020
- Art & Architecture
Histories of Violence: The Inherited Memory of Art
Adrian Parr speaks with Mark Bradford, an award-winning Los Angeles–based contemporary artist.
Adrian ParrSep 8, 2020
Monumental Ignorance: How Donald Trump Misuses Imagery
Trump turns traditional America iconography inside out
Diana DePardo-MinskyAug 28, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Politics
Village of the Damned
Gregory McNamee reviews Debi Cornwall's new book, "Necessary Fictions."
Gregory McNameeAug 28, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Politics