Art & Architecture

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

Where It Happened: Documenting the American Places We’d Like to Forget
A gorgeous photo album of America’s unvisited places of its troubled past.
Tom ZoellnerDec 18, 2017
Cactus Love: On “Xerophile: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed”
Geoff Nicholson on “Xerophile: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed.”
Geoff NicholsonDec 18, 2017
- Art & Architecture
The Sense of Life in What Humans Create: Stephen Greenblatt on Adam and Eve
Scott Timberg interviews Stephen Greenblatt about his latest, “The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve.”
Scott TimbergDec 14, 2017
Books Fall Apart: On Nancy Perloff’s “Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art”
Eugene Ostashevsky explores “Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art” by Nancy Perloff.
Eugene OstashevskyDec 9, 2017
- Around the World
- Art & Architecture
A Lexicon of the Indigenous Body: Images of Autonomy and Desire
Natalie Diaz on the indigenous body in art.
Natalie DiazDec 8, 2017
The Intimate Life of Violence
Brad Evans speaks with Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University.
Brad EvansDec 4, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Histories of Violence
Knight
Knight Landesman’s fall from art world grace has shaken me to the core: I am a slightly different person today than I was on October 24, 2017.
Catherine LiuNov 30, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
A Light on Vivian Maier
Emilie Bickerton reviews Pamela Bannos's "Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife."
Emilie BickertonNov 23, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Biography & Autobiography
The Other Side: Radical Women
Annie Buckley views “Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985,” an exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles (September 15–December 31, 2017).
Annie BuckleyNov 20, 2017
Rewriting the Rules of Art: Pierre Bourdieu’s “Manet: A Symbolic Revolution”
“Manet: A Symbolic Revolution” provides a view of a thinker at work, not a prophet.
Ben MerrimanNov 19, 2017
- Art & Architecture
Recovering from an Addicted Life: A Conversation with Russell Brand
Brad Evans speaks with comedian, activist, and author Russell Brand about his latest book, “Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions.”
Brad EvansNov 15, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Histories of Violence
The Organ of the Universe: On Living with Tinnitus
Alex Landragin on tinnitus as a burden and an existential clarion call.
Alex LandraginNov 10, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Science & Technology