Art & Architecture

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

A Plea for Isabella
Lucas Barron explores the contradictions inherent in “Columbus’ Last Appeal to Queen Isabella” and its removal from the California State Capitol.
Lucas BarronAug 23, 2020
The Institutional Gaze of the School
Griselda Pollock looks at "School Photos in Liquid Time," a new book by Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer.
Griselda PollockAug 21, 2020
Truth-Maps: A Conversation with Enrique Martínez Celaya
A modern Renaissance man on his poetry, his paintings, and his views of scientific objectivity.
Elena Karina ByrneAug 20, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Poetry
New York City and the Staging of Disaster
From the Dreamland amusement park to the modern disaster movie, New York has always thrived at the edge of catastrophe.
Andy ReischlingAug 9, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- History
A Darker View of the Renaissance
A new book explores the ugly underside of the Italian Renaissance.
John T. ScottAug 6, 2020
Unknown Unknowns Come Sweeping in: On John Brian King’s “Riviera: Photographs of Palm Springs”
Geoff Nicholson revisits Palm Springs, courtesy of “Riviera: Photographs of Palm Springs” by John Brian King.
Geoff NicholsonAug 1, 2020
- Art & Architecture
Forget the Old Words: On Patrick Chamoiseau’s “French Guiana: Memory Traces of the Penal Colony”
Piper French is captivated by “French Guiana: Memory Traces of the Penal Colony,” a photo-text by Patrick Chamoiseau and Rodolphe Hammadi.
Piper FrenchJul 16, 2020
Against Inertia
A reissue of the artist’s incantatory program book from a 1989 exhibition of his work.
Perwana NazifJul 12, 2020
- Art & Architecture
LACMA Town: The Museum as Urban Catalyst, Not Urban Desert
In this era of urban activism, the new LACMA should promote community, not gut it.
Joseph GiovanniniJul 11, 2020
- Art & Architecture
When Art Is Life, but All Life Is Work: A Conversation with Leigh Claire La Berge
Wen Zhuang talks with writer Leigh Claire La Berge about the decommodification of labor within academia and the arts.
Wen ZhuangJul 9, 2020
Shadow Acts: On Tavia Nyong’o’s “Afro-Fabulations: The Queer Drama of Black Life” and Stephen Best’s “None Like Us: Blackness, Belonging, Aesthetic Life”
Nicholas T Rinehart looks at two recently published books by Tavia Nyong’o and Stephen Best.
Nicholas T RinehartJun 29, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Philosophy & Religion
Bauhaus STEAMpunks and a Crisis-Based Humanities
Justus Nieland looks at two recent books on László Moholy-Nagy and György Kepes.
Justus NielandJun 27, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- History