Art

Paul R. Williams in Los Angeles: A Conversation with Janna Ireland
Janna Ireland discusses her new book of photos of L.A. buildings designed by a major Black architect....
Erin KaplanDec 22, 2020
- Art
- History
A Democratic Medium?
A lively, handsome new book about the evolution of photographic styles and practices....
George Philip LeBourdaisDec 19, 2020
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Paddy Johnson on How Digital Art from 2016 Foreshadowed Our Current Crisis
As I scan headlines meting out the collapse of our institutional structures, I worry that my body is miming what I see....
Paddy JohnsonDec 18, 2020
- Art
Seeing the Mom in Pop: A Conversation with M. I. Devine
The author of “Warhol’s Mother’s Pantry” discusses the pleasures of pop art and the trope of motherhood in popular culture....
Naya ClarkDec 16, 2020
- Art
The Dream of the Swimming Pool
James Delbourgo considers the ways we've looked at swimming pools over the years....
James DelbourgoDec 14, 2020
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Andrew Russeth on the Networks That Artists Built, Depicted, and Reimagined in 2015
Andrew Russeth reflects on networks of art and artists in 2015 in the most recent essay in Art Matters Now....
Andrew RussethDec 11, 2020
- Art
The Beheading of Rhodes in Cape Town
Nadia Davids reflects on the sawed-away bust of Cecil Rhodes in light of confrontations with memorials both in Cape Town and across the world....
Nadia DavidsDec 1, 2020
Much, Much Love: On Etel Adnan and Lynn Marie Kirby’s “Oracular Transmissions”
Sophia Stewart considers the epistolary collaboration of Etel Adnan and Lynn Marie Kirby....
Sophia StewartNov 28, 2020
Postcards from Confinement
Author portraits in the age of COVID-19....
Alejandro MeterNov 20, 2020
- Art
- Translation
“Art Is So Scary”: Yulia Tsvetkova and the Suppression of Dissent in Putin’s Russia
Lillian Avedian examines the campaign of persecution against an outspoken Russian artist and activist....
Lillian AvedianNov 18, 2020
Making Art “Bad” Again: Shock, Protest, and Visual Art in the Age of Trump
The problem of obviousness in today’s protest art....
Sophie HaigneyNov 16, 2020
- Art
- Politics and Economics
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Claudia La Rocco on Seven Years Ago
Claudia La Rocco looks back on her artistic encounters of 2013 for Art Matters Now....
Claudia La RoccoNov 12, 2020
- Art
The Light in Istanbul: On Orhan Pamuk’s “Orange”
The writer as photographer and flâneur, tracing the changing cityscape....
Jonah Goldman KayOct 28, 2020
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Rahel Aima on the Rallying Cries of 2009
In the newest installation of Art Matters Now, Rahel Aima looks back on Occupy and the rallying cries of 2009....
Rahel AimaOct 22, 2020
- Art
Making Art Do Work
Reviewing W. Patrick McCray’s “Making Art Work,” Peter Sachs Collopy argues it can be read as a history of how art became managerial in the 1960s and ’70s...
Peter Sachs CollopyOct 22, 2020
The Great Unread: On William Deresiewicz’s “The Death of the Artist”
Robert Diab on William Deresiewicz’s new book, “The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech.”...
Robert DiabOct 13, 2020
- Art
- Cultural Studies
The Art and Artifice of Remembering in Steve Fagin’s “The Batista Syndrome”
Susannah Rodríguez Drissi considers Steve Fagin’s video miniseries about trauma, memory, and Batista-era Cuba....
Susannah Rodríguez DrissiOct 1, 2020
From Cluster Bombs to Spoons: An Interview with Artist Pratchaya Phinthong
Artist Pratchaya Phinthong discusses his sculpture “Spoon,” which is made from disarmed munitions and was featured at SFMOMA in 2019....
Arvind DilawarSep 28, 2020
Sidelights: Searching for the Young Edward Hopper
Dispatches from the childhood archive of one of America’s most iconic painters....
Juliana RothSep 26, 2020
- Art
Real Life Rock Top 10: September 2020
LARB presents the September installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus....
Greil MarcusSep 25, 2020
Love Letters in Blood: On “Queer Communion: Ron Athey”
Bradford Nordeen takes “Queer Communion: Ron Athey,” edited by Amelia Jones and Andy Campbell....
Bradford NordeenSep 24, 2020
- Art
- Politics and Economics
On Radical Dance: Yvonne Rainer and Simone Forti
On the writings of two major avant-garde dancers and choreographers....
Cassie PackardSep 20, 2020
- Art
Histories of Violence: The Inherited Memory of Art
Adrian Parr speaks with Mark Bradford, an award-winning Los Angeles–based contemporary artist....
Adrian ParrSep 8, 2020
- Art
- Politics and Economics
Monumental Ignorance: How Donald Trump Misuses Imagery
Trump turns traditional America iconography inside out...
Diana DePardo-MinskyAug 28, 2020
- Art
- Politics and Economics