Art & Architecture

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

All Hail the Guilty Pleasures: On Ali Liebegott’s “Rooms and Other Feelings”
Michelle Tea reflects on the paintings of artist and writer Ali Liebegott in the exhibition “Rooms and Other Feelings.”
Michelle TeaJan 13, 2023
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
To Speak Upon the Ashes: On Peter Sacks’s “Resistance”
Isabel Ruehl reviews Peter Sacks’s first solo exhibition, “Resistance,” at the Rose Art Museum.
Isabel RuehlDec 21, 2022
Digging in the Dirt: On Jennifer West’s “Media Archaeology”
David Matorin reviews Jennifer West’s debut artist monograph, “Media Archaeology.”
David MatorinDec 14, 2022
Dashing Expectations: On Malcolm Whyte’s “Gorey Secrets” and Nathalie Tierce’s “Pulling Weeds from a Cactus Garden”
Jessica McCort reviews Malcolm Whyte’s “Gorey Secrets: Artistic and Literary Inspirations Behind Divers Books by Edward Gorey” and Nathalie Tierce’s “Pulling Weeds from a Cactus Garden.”
Jessica McCortDec 7, 2022
- Art & Architecture
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Nada Que Ver: On Julián Cardona and Alice Leora Briggs’s “Abecedario de Juárez”
José Luis Benavides reviews “Abecedario de Juárez: An Illustrated Lexicon” by Julián Cardona and Alice Leora Briggs, with translations by Alice L. Driver.
José Luis BenavidesNov 21, 2022
Robert Houston: “A Photographer Who Shot from the Heart”
Patrick A. Howell scans the legacy of the great African American photographer Robert Houston.
Patrick A. HowellOct 8, 2022
Epistolary Sisterhood: On “The Letters of Rosemary and Bernadette Mayer 1976–1980”
Rose Higham-Stainton pores over “The Letters of Rosemary and Bernadette Mayer 1976–1980.”
Rose Higham-StaintonOct 7, 2022
Dreaming New Worlds: A Conversation with Ekow Eshun
Eric Newman interviews Ekow Eshun, curator of “In the Black Fantastic,” a recent speculative arts exhibit at London’s Hayward Gallery and its eponymous companion book from MIT Press.
Eric NewmanOct 1, 2022
- Art & Architecture
- SF
Super Rich Kids with Nothing but Fake Friends: Nadia Lee Cohen’s Dream of L.A.
Porochista Khakpour muses on artist Nadia Lee Cohen's recent creative explorations in Los Angeles.
Porochista KhakpourSep 27, 2022
- Art & Architecture
- LARB Lit
The Muse as Creator: On Mark Braude’s “Kiki Man Ray”
Justin Tyler Clark reviews Mark Braude’s new biography “Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris.”
Justin Tyler ClarkSep 20, 2022
Modernism’s Midlife Crisis: On Justin Beal’s “Sandfuture”
Travis Diehl on Justin Beal’s biography-cum-memoir, “Sandfuture.”
Travis DiehlSep 16, 2022
The Bogotá of “Memoria”: Translation and Contemplation 2,600 Meters Closer to the Stars
Juan Camilo Velásquez analyzes how Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria” constructs the space of Bogotá.
Juan Camilo VelásquezSep 1, 2022