Art & Architecture

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

Unpacking Murad Osmann’s #FollowMeTo Instagram Travel Series
As Instagram becomes more and more prominent as a form of aspirational self-advertising, we must take seriously its images as cultural objects.
Deborah KriegerJun 30, 2018
- Around the World
- Art & Architecture
“Color of Reality”: Jon Boogz, Lil Buck, and Black Lives in Livid Color
"Color of Reality" is a eulogy for all black men who dare step into three-dimensionality.
Constance Valis HillJun 26, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Film
Tools for Tots: On Alexandra Lange’s “The Design of Childhood”
Allyn West reviews “The Design of Childhood,” an exploration of the material conditions of childhood by architectural critic Alexandra Lange.
Allyn WestJun 21, 2018
- Art & Architecture
Left Mountebanks: On Agnès Poirier’s “Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940–1950”
Robert Zaretsky finds fault with “Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940–1950” by Agnès Poirier.
Robert ZaretskyJun 19, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- History
Balancing Act: Richard Sennett’s “Building and Dwelling”
Richard Sennett’s notion of an “open city” articulates how to achieve, or at least think about, the ethical city in the 21st century.
Josh StephensJun 15, 2018
A Ramble About Books About Walking
Geoff Nicholson strolls through several books on walking.
Geoff NicholsonJun 15, 2018
- Around the World
- Art & Architecture
An Elegy for Cemeteries
A book on the rise and fall of American cemeteries.
Sam HolleranJun 13, 2018
Sultry Night: Grant Wood’s Queer Midwest
Anya Ventura looks at the queer life hiding inside of Grant Wood’s iconic paintings of Depression-era Americana.
Anya VenturaJun 10, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
The Art and Activism of the Anthropocene, Part II: A Conversation with Jeff VanderMeer, Zaria Forman, and Gleb Raygorodetsky
Amy Brady of “Guernica” magazine presents the second conversation in the series “The Art and Activism of the Anthropocene.”
Amy BradyJun 6, 2018
Weird Ways of Seeing: Patrick Nagatani’s Nuclear Vision
Twenty-seven years after its publication, Patrick Nagatani’s “Nuclear Enchantment” still sees the lurking violence of the American nuclear project.
Jeffrey MoroJun 2, 2018
Eleanor Davis Asks a Radical Question, Modestly
“Why Art?” is physically delightful: it just feels good to hold in your hands and flip through.
Etelka LehoczkyJun 2, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Comics
The Wrong Stuff
Helen DeWittMay 29, 2018
- Art & Architecture