Art & Architecture

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

A Gorgeous Nightmare: On Mark Z. Danielewski’s “The Little Blue Kite”
S. Tremaine Nelson reviews a new children’s book from the author of “House of Leaves.”
S. Tremaine NelsonFeb 14, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
No One Is Nothing: On “Going All City: Struggle and Survival in LA’s Graffiti Subculture”
Ryan Gattis reviews Stefano Bloch's new book.
Ryan GattisFeb 14, 2020
LACMA, Part II: Spamming the Public
Joseph Giovannini continues his analysis of Michael Govan’s plans for LACMA.
Joseph GiovanniniFeb 13, 2020
- Art & Architecture
LACMA, Part I: Going Rogue
Joseph Giovannini on Michael Govan’s plans for LACMA, which are even worse than you think.
Joseph GiovanniniFeb 9, 2020
- Art & Architecture
The Wilde Woman and the Sunflower Apostle: Oscar Wilde in the United States
Victoria Dailey looks back at Oscar Wilde’s wild ride through the United States in the early 1880s.
Victoria DaileyFeb 8, 2020
Coincidences, Chance, and Champignons
Perwana Nazif reads across the works and correspondences of John Cage and Merce Cunningham.
Perwana NazifJan 23, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Music
The Word as Image: On “How to Read Islamic Calligraphy”
Emily Neumeier reviews "How to Read Islamic Calligraphy," a recent book from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and curator Maryam D. Ekhtiar.
Emily NeumeierJan 22, 2020
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Yxta Maya Murray on Artists’ Responses to 9/11
Reeling from 9/11 but working on projects begun during the Clinton boom, some artists in 2002 were still able to romanticize millenarianism and the future.
Yxta Maya MurrayJan 17, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Politics
#consentsowhite: On the Erotics of Slave Play in “Slave Play”
Avgi Saketopoulou explores the charged interconnections between racism and sexuality in Jeremy O. Harris’s “Slave Play.”
Avgi SaketopoulouJan 10, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
“The World Is Chaos, but I’m Not Scared of It”: A Conversation with Lari Pittman
Lari Pittman speaks to Yxta Maya Murray about his retrospective at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Yxta Maya MurrayJan 1, 2020
- Art & Architecture
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