Art & Architecture

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

Real Life Rock Top 10: December 2019
LARB presents the December installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusDec 27, 2019
Relevant at a Slant: A Conversation with Joseph Mosconi
Kate Durbin discusses typography, worldbuilding, and knowledge clusters with fellow poet Joseph Mosconi.
Kate DurbinDec 25, 2019
Thirteen Ways of Looking at “Black Square”
Shifra Sharlin presents 13 ways of looking at Kazimir Malevich’s “Black Square.”
Shifra SharlinDec 1, 2019
- Around the World
- Art & Architecture
Wonder Worlds: Nature Art Books Are Illustrating What We Have to Lose
Sara Scribner explores three lushly illustrated nature books by European authors that describe what nature does when humans aren’t around.
Sara ScribnerNov 19, 2019
“Making Better Mud Pies”: A Conversation with Frank Gehry
LARB presents a long-lost interview with legendary architect Frank Gehry.
Mark Bruce Rosin, Steven Jay FogelNov 16, 2019
- Art & Architecture
No, You Cannot Have the Whole Truth: A Conversation with Ali Silverstein
David Shook speaks to artist Ali Silverstein about her exhibition “The Fantastical Reconstruction of the Epine GY7” and her book “Redactions/Rubbings.”
David ShookNov 15, 2019
- Art & Architecture
We Are Monsters: On “Inside Killjoy’s Kastle: Dykey Ghosts, Feminist Monsters, and Other Lesbian Hauntings”
On “Inside Killjoy’s Kastle,” a look at a lesbian haunted house art project as well as the anti-trans clouds that haunt stereotypes about lesbian identity.
Alexis ClementsNov 9, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
MoMA: Expanded and Refreshed
Joseph Giovannini explores the newly redesigned MoMA in New York City.
Joseph GiovanniniNov 8, 2019
- Art & Architecture
Pure Wordless Emotion on Film: “In This Life” at the 2019 Dance on Camera Festival
Constance Valis Hill reviews Bat-Sheva Guez’s hypnotic new dance film.
Constance Valis HillNov 3, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Film
Open to Critique: An Interview with Jeremy O. Harris
Christopher Shinn talks to Jeremy O. Harris about his recent plays “‘Daddy’” and “Slave Play.”
Christopher ShinnNov 1, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Eunsong Kim on the Colonial Inheritance of 2001
Eunsong Kim considers Dread Scott’s "Lockdown" (2000–2004) and Gaye Chan’s "Historic Waikiki" (2001).
Eunsong KimOct 31, 2019
- Art & Architecture
Out of the Glass Case: Museum Heists and Repatriations
Megan Ward looks at the 2018 film “Museo,” starring Gael García Bernal, and contemporary debates around museum repatriation and cultural memory.
Megan WardOct 30, 2019