What a Painter Taught Me
Coming from a secular perspective, it seems strange to speak, in almost mystical terms, of being taken out of oneself.
Required Reading
This week, Dennis Cooper, white savior cinema, the maker of Bernie’s mittens, a decolonial Qur’an, Ishmael Reed, and more.
Martin Puryear’s Open Questions
To focus on Puryear’s devotion to craft and the handmade is valid, but now seems too narrow a view.
The Melancholy Marriage of Tracey Emin and Edvard Munch
What do Emin and Munch have in common other than a burning desire to embrace, and be defined by, the miseries of life?
How BTS’s Internet Presence Feeds “ARMY” Meme Production
Through hashtags and others forms of social content, the K-pop idol group creates an open, interpretative framework for the back-and-forth exchanges of visual content and meanings between BTS and its fandom, called ARMY.
The Artists Who Lurk on the Dark Web
A sense of risk permeates mainstream stories about the dark web. This unsafeness attracted the attention of those artists and creatives who critically focus on the study of digital tools.
Why the Art World Needs Populism
While Trump appears to have sparked a progressive uprising in the art world, there remains a battle between a grassroots struggle to redistribute power, and those who place institutional preservation at the center.
Purchase College Invites Graduate Students to Join Vibrant Community of Makers and Thinkers
Students can expect to pay significantly less than half the cost of attendance of equivalent private graduate programs, thanks to the college’s position in the SUNY system.
Week in Review: Internet Reacts to Joe Biden’s Inauguration; Comic Auctions Break Records
Also, the city of Chicago has promised $2.5 million in grants to local arts organizations, and more.
Holy Bidding, Batman! Bruce Wayne and Tintin Break Comic Art Auction Records
A pristine copy of “Batman No. 1” from 1940 is now the most expensive Batman title ever sold, and a rejected 1936 Tintin cover illustration became the most expensive work of comic book art.
How Amanda Gorman’s Poetry Roused a “Country That Is Bruised but Whole”
Gorman, the youngest poet to ever perform at a US presidential inauguration, moved audiences across the nation with her perspective on a country “striving to forge a union with purpose.”
The California Studio at UC Davis Is Accepting Applications for Artists in Residence
Individuals have until February 19, 2021 to apply for 10-week, quarter-long teaching artist residencies in fall 2021 or spring 2022.
Is Any Modern Porn Worth Preserving?
There are many issues with keeping pornography in the historical record. Was anything of value lost in Pornhub’s recent massive video purge?
An Exquisite Tribute to Terry Adkins, Maker of Monumental Sonic Sculptures
Reverberating through the Pulitzer’s iconic building, Adkins’s works carry the potential of sound, and remain alluring even in silence.
30 Years of Offbeat Documentaries With Lynne Sachs
The Museum of the Moving Image is hosting a retrospective of Sachs’s work, including the virtual cinema debut of her latest work, Film About a Father Who.
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