Art & Architecture

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

Actually, Images Have Meanings of Their Own
While a little affective formalism drives intention out of the work, more than a little drives one to examine all that it seeks to repress.
Jeremy Gilbert-RolfeOct 4, 2014
- Art & Architecture
“Sincerely Most Sincerely”
Ray Johnson’s Mail Art
Mike PowellSep 22, 2014
- Art & Architecture
After Jeff Koons: A Retrospective
Travis Diehl on the career of Jeff Coons.
Travis DiehlSep 2, 2014
- Art & Architecture
Library in the Future Tense
What is the future of libraries?
Justin WadlandAug 18, 2014
- Art & Architecture
- Nonfiction
“The Hardest Work I Have Ever Done”: “Dropout Piece” by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer
Catherine WagleyJul 23, 2014
Art's Secular Illusions
“It’s only when art’s power is acknowledged as fully human that its political power can be accurately understood.”
Ricky D’AmbroseJun 17, 2014
- Art & Architecture
Collecting and Correcting
Martin Parr and Gerry Badger don’t discuss art, but rather they reevaluate what is and isn’t worthy of attention, whether it’s art or not.
Geoff NicholsonApr 26, 2014
- Art & Architecture
Escape Artist
Charles Taylor reviews Johnny Moncada’s unseen photographs of Veruschka, the timeless model from the 1960s.
Charles TaylorApr 23, 2014
- Art & Architecture
Walter Benjamin: Writings After Death
In his new collection of essays, “Walter Benjamin” urges that the story of art is one we should abandon, along with art itself.
Rachel WetzlerApr 21, 2014
- Art & Architecture
A Repository of Ideas
Robert Hooke was an integral member of England’s Royal Society — a group of dispersed natural philosophers devoted to what we might now call science.
Jessica KeatingApr 10, 2014
- Art & Architecture
“Walls Are Not Everlasting”: Preserving the East Side Gallery in Berlin
The integrity of the East Side Gallery, an especially artistic section of the Berlin Wall, is under threat. Should it be saved?
Esther YiDec 19, 2013
- Around the World
- Art & Architecture
Three Questions for Ramón García
Daniel A. OlivasDec 15, 2013
- Art & Architecture