Art & Architecture

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

Valley View: An Armenian Diasporic Account in Lieu of a Glendale Biennial Review
On the exclusion of Armenian artists from the Glendale Biennial.
Mashinka Firunts HakopianMay 27, 2018
- Art & Architecture
Multiple Exposures: On “Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez”
Geoff Nicholson focuses on “Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez,” edited and introduced by Josh Kun.
Geoff NicholsonMay 27, 2018
- Art & Architecture
“Monster Portraits”: An Exploration of Identity That’s Entirely Unique
A captivating addition to the catalog of monsters in today's culture, Sofia and Del Samatar’s “Monster Portraits” strikes gold in a genre entirely its own.
Caro MaconMay 18, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Fiction
The Art and Activism of the Anthropocene, Part I: A Conversation with William T. Vollmann, Chantal Bilodeau, and David Wallace-Wells
Amy Brady of "Guernica" magazine presents the first conversation in the series “The Art and Activism of the Anthropocene.”
Amy BradyMay 16, 2018
A Necessary Fiction: Photography and Self-Image in Lynne Tillman’s “Men and Apparitions”
In “Men and Apparitions,” she seesaws between an analysis of physical pictures and an examination of the ways we picture ourselves and others.
Evan MoffittMay 14, 2018
I Wake Up Choking
Muriel Rukeyser's "The Book of the Dead" is a story about race. It’s about industry. It’s about being held accountable and the right to a safe workplace.
Maggie MessittMay 5, 2018
In Which New York City Is Also a Character
Anna Shechtman interviews Joana Avillez and Molly Young, the creators of “D C-T!,” a work in the style of William Steig’s children’s book classics.
Anna ShechtmanMay 4, 2018
- Art & Architecture
Gates of Mind: Reflecting on Amy R. Bloch’s “Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise”
Historian Amy R. Bloch’s valuable “Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise” discloses a different kind of splendor, not the splendor of surface but of depth.
Ellen Handler SpitzMay 1, 2018
Where Will You Take Me?
“'Time Pieces' comes across as a vexingly undecided little book.” Sven Birkerts on John Banville's Dublin memoir.
Sven BirkertsApr 23, 2018
Curating the Anthropocene
“Adrián Villar Rojas: The Theater of Disappearance” at the MOCA confronts the Anthropocene.
Jon Christensen, Ursula K. HeiseApr 15, 2018
Beast Mode
Colin Dickey on Peter Sahlins’s “1668: The Year of the Animal in France”
Colin DickeyApr 15, 2018
The Art of Nameless Violence
"At the moment, it seems as if only Muslim countries in whose wars the West is involved can produce artists for the global market."
Faisal DevjiApr 11, 2018