Art & Architecture
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa
Dispatch from the Glamorous Class
In "A Photographic Memory: 1968-1989," Schlesinger visually traces his path along the epicenters of culture.
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.
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.
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.
Nostalgia for the Lost Subject of Technology in the Work of Casey Reas
Johanna Drucker on the nostalgia generated by our machines.
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.
Excess Under Control: The New Sensibility in Midcentury Art
"Feast of Excess" is a fine study of the "New Sensibility" in American art.
Longing for Something Different
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore interviews Erica Dawn Lyle.
Reportage Art from the Calais Jungle: “A Sea of Tents Surrounds Me”
As with the subjects of a courtroom sketch, the Jungle residents, being either refugee or migrant, are positioned as defendants.
Portrait of a Bird: The Work of Frances Stark
Language flows through the work of artist Frances Stark in singular, unusual ways.
The Hands of Robert Walser
On the many hands of Robert Walser.
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