Art & Architecture

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

Cocks and Flowers
What do we see when we look at Robert Mapplethorpe's flowers?
Sven BirkertsJul 1, 2016
- Art & Architecture
Precarious Paintings, Precarious Lives: On “Kerry James Marshall: Mastry”
Kerry James Marshall: Mastry, the first museum retrospective of the Chicago artist’s work.
Francey RussellJun 28, 2016
- Art & Architecture
A Note on the Contemporary Canon: Public Fiction’s Show at MOCA Los Angeles
A look at the exhibition curated by Lauren Mackler that includes Nathaniel Mackey, Nevine Mahmoud, and Lynne Tillman.
Paloma Checa-GismeroJun 17, 2016
- Art & Architecture
The Inside Outsider: On Dave Hickey’s Criticism
Dave Hickey’s new collection “25 Women: Essays on Their Art” has been damned for not foregrounding gender in its analysis.
Jarrett EarnestJun 6, 2016
- Art & Architecture
Architects in the Hands of an Angry God: Charles and Ray Eames on Things
A review of "An Eames Anthology: Articles, Film Scripts, Interviews, Letters, Notes, and Speeches".
Todd CronanMay 25, 2016
- Art & Architecture
After Culture Shock: The Legacy of Robert Mapplethorpe
Zack HatfieldMay 22, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- Film
Dispatch from the Glamorous Class
In "A Photographic Memory: 1968-1989," Schlesinger visually traces his path along the epicenters of culture.
Anya VenturaMar 15, 2016
- Art & Architecture
Views from a Height: Technologies of Surveillance from the Photographic Survey to the Predator Drone
The tradition of landscape painting and the practice of drone surveillance are indissolubly linked.
Jennifer KabatMar 12, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- Science & Technology
The Art of Administration: On Greg Barnhisel’s “Cold War Modernists”
Cold War modernists of the title do not seem to be the painters, sculptors, poets, and novelists who produced the original works.
Donal HarrisFeb 2, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- History
The Philosophy of Ai Weiwei (From Andy Warhol and Back Again)
The exhibition "Andy Warhol/Ai Weiwei" is a provocative pairing of two seemingly disparate artists that reveals their underlying similarities.
Nathan SmithJan 31, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- Politics
Nostalgia for the Lost Subject of Technology in the Work of Casey Reas
Johanna Drucker on the nostalgia generated by our machines.
Johanna Drucker Jan 29, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- Science & Technology
Launched into Space: Non-Representation in “Everything and More,” by Rachel Rose
"Everything and More," Rachel Rose's dazzling and disorienting video installation at the Whitney Museum, makes advocates of its doubters.
Nathan RobertsJan 25, 2016
- Art & Architecture