Art & Architecture

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

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
Everybody Knows His Name: James Baldwin and Richard Avedon’s “Nothing Personal”
Avedon and Baldwin on American mass culture, white supremacy, love, and solidarity.
Carmen MerportApr 7, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Memoir & Essay
Unknown Unknowns Come Sweeping in: On Geoff Dyer’s “The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand”
Geoff Nicholson ruminates on “The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand” by Geoff Dyer.
Geoff NicholsonApr 4, 2018
- Art & Architecture
Histories of Violence: Violence and the Art of the Political
Brad Evans speaks with political theorist Michael J. Shapiro. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Brad EvansApr 2, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Histories of Violence