Books
Where Does a Work of Art Belong?
Like the international financial markets, the art museum is a controlling Western institution.
David Carrier
Art
The Lives of the Art Museum
Like cabinets of curiosities from the old regime, art museums often display plunder.
Art
The Art World We Have Lost
Loren Munk’s “SOHO Map” offers a visual record of a densely peopled art world.
Art
A Mural Rises in Pittsburgh
Liberation Wall by Kyle Holbrook and Moving Lives of Kids Community Mural Project commemorates people and events that deserve attention right now.
Books
Félix Fénéon: Critic, Collector, Anarchist
What is the relationship between Félix Fénéon’s politics and the art he admired?
Art
The Moral Complexity of War Games
An-My Lê is a Vietnamese-born photographer who has portrayed — and participated in — re-enactments of the Vietnam War.
Art
The Prophecies of Deborah Kass
What can we say about an image that understood Trump’s root persona early on, and froze it in time?
Art
Talking About Art Now
What comes after postmodernism is less interesting than the changed nature of the art system and art writing.
Art
The Work of Art in the Age of the Internet
How will the internet transform the way that contemporary visual art is created?
Art
When Philosophy and Art Intersect
Maria Bussmann’s elusive drawings acknowledge the impossibility of fixing philosophical terms in imagery, like bugs in amber.
Art
The Quality of Mercy, From Caravaggio to Conceptual Art
Like art, morality persists despite dramatic cultural transformations.
Art
When a Square Is Not Just a Square
Like his best works, Sean Scully’s “Black Square” is oddly exhilarating, especially because it is initially grim.