This week, critics weigh in on the new Barnes Foundation museum in central Philadelphia … and in other non-Barnes-related links … discotecture, progressive architectural ideas and the voice of Rene Magritte.
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This week, face recognition software may help art historians solve mysteries, Picasso’s lover gets a Gagosian show, the New Aesthetic debate continues, the French elections and art, street art in Houston, Kiki Smith interviews Jenny Holzer and more.
This week, occupy design, Seven on Seven, Mr. Brainwash copyright case, brutalism’s savior, literary New York, Damien Hirst in London and more.
This week, Aboriginal art in danger, Andrew Masullo must be a hipster, Lenin of the East Village, Buddhism’s influence on the American avant garde, the early evolution of human culture and freedom and art.
This week, Keith Haring in the Village, painter chic, 10 songs that saved (an artist’s) life, Kehinde Wiley’s unsettling Israeli show, de Kooning’s “source,” Monet’s ultraviolet vision, Chinese-American photography, architectural stationary and more.
This week, reflections on the death of Thomas Kinkade, the real-life location of The Simpsons‘s Springfield, Ai Weiwei sues Chinese tax collectors, Beijing’s “rat tribe,” Snarkitecture, a Keith Haring mural is threatened in Paris, a look at Exit art, the average age of social media users and cats imitating famous paintings.
This week, the New Aesthetic, the Steins, Creative Time’s mission to push culture forward, Yung Jake’s Embedded, Eggleston goes from photography to contemporary art, Klaus Biesenbach’s tweets, Kickstarter vs NEA, art on The Simpsons and more.
This week, Koons’ hanging train, Mona Lisa dates change, Bloomberg gets its name on Hirshhorn balloon, 20 must-see artist websites, the exit of Exit Art, the Dictionary of American Regional English is complete, 60 Minutes to tackle contemporary art and more …
This week, essays and reviews on Occupy and criticism, British Modernism, Herzog’s Biennial piece, The Art Newspaper misses the point in Russia, New York’s design community is strong, a Triennial review and a look at representations of violence.
This week, Keith Haring journals on Tumblr, the follies of suburbanism, looking for Kraftwerk, starchitects in New York, China’s architectural gold rush, art critics pick faves, Louise Bourgeois at the Freud Museum, the evolution of the Houston and Bowery “graffiti” wall, the National Gallery of Art releases 20,000 images online and more.
