Art & Architecture

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

Occupying Memory: On Monuments in Concrete and Verse
Piotr Florczyk reflects on Poland, its monuments, and its poetry of witness.
Piotr FlorczykAug 22, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- Poetry
In the Dead of Late August . . . Zumthor’s LACMA Folly Continues
Distinguished architecture critic Joseph Giovannini on Zumthor’s LACMA folly still going on….
Joseph GiovanniniAug 22, 2016
- Art & Architecture
Hope in the Ruins of Homs: Architecture and the Syrian Civil War
Frederick Deknatel reviews “The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria” by Marwa al-Sabouni.
Frederick DeknatelAug 17, 2016
Marie Antoinette’s Desk: The Hammer Biennial: “Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only”
Victoria Dailey on The Hammer Biennial: "Made in L.A."
Victoria DaileyAug 3, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- Cultural Studies
A Meditation on Contemporary Art: “Made in L.A.: a, the, though, only”
Annie Buckley discusses the Hammer Museum’s third iteration of the “Made in L.A.” biennial.
Annie BuckleyAug 3, 2016
- Art & Architecture
Whatever Happened to the Future?
David Wittenberg on "Last Futures: Nature, Technology, and the End of Architecture".
David WittenbergJul 11, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- SF
Apertures and Aperitifs: On “The Photographer’s Cookbook”
The greatest food photography ever.
Geoff NicholsonJul 5, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- Food & Drink
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