Art & Architecture

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

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
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
- Art & Architecture
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