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David Carrier

David Carrier’s most recent books are Art Writing Online: The State of the Art World and Philosophical Skepticism as the Subject of Art: Maria Bussmann’s Drawings. His book In Caravaggio’s Shadow: Naples as a Work of Art is forthcoming. 

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Broaching the Subject of Beauty

by David Carrier August 31, 2019August 30, 2019

A look at three paintings from the cusp of the 20th century that make a powerful argument for beauty.

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The Rarities and Oddities of a Vanished World

Avatar photo by David Carrier and Graham Shearing August 24, 2019August 23, 2019

It’s fair to say that images of sporting have a relatively marginal place in our art world.

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The Mega-Dealers Who Ate the Art World

by David Carrier August 17, 2019August 19, 2019

It’s abundantly clear that the present system is unsustainable.

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Is George Herriman the Greatest American Visual Artist?

by David Carrier August 10, 2019August 9, 2019

Out of seemingly meager materials, Herriman created a complete world, a place where nothing ever changes and where his characters never develop, yet his sense of humor is almost infallible.

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The Trouble with Renoir’s Nudes

by David Carrier August 3, 2019August 2, 2019

Renoir: The Body, The Senses makes some attempts, vain in my opinion, to present Renoir as a politically progressive artist, even a closet feminist.

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Reconciling Secular Art in Sacred Spaces

by David Carrier July 20, 2019July 21, 2019

Surprises and puzzles in Venice and Vienna, from Sean Scully to Tintoretto.

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Luc Tuymans’s Moral Distance

by David Carrier July 13, 2019July 21, 2019

Tuymans is a figurative painter who doubts whether visual representations can ever be truthful.

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Navigating the Overload at the Venice Biennale

by David Carrier July 6, 2019July 21, 2019

The Venice Biennale’s official exhibition, May You Live In Interesting Times, presents art that speaks to the present, not in the direct fashion of journalism, but in ways that can challenge existing habits of thought.

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Confronting Art Critics With Their Own Portraits

by David Carrier June 29, 2019June 28, 2019

Luca Del Baldo paints portraits of art critics and historians — often people he has never met — and then requests their response to complete the work.

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Excavating Mark Rothko’s Theatrical Foundations

by David Carrier June 22, 2019July 12, 2019

The paintings Rothko made before 1948 are considered minor, but an exhibition in Vienna claims that they are essential to understanding the artist’s mature works.

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Remembering Lawrence Carroll, an American Artist in Europe

by David Carrier June 1, 2019June 4, 2019

I never met anyone more optimistic about art or his place in its history.

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A Japanese Classic, Dimly Illuminated

by David Carrier May 25, 2019July 12, 2019

The visual images interpreting The Tale of Genji, the world’s first novel, which was written by a woman, are presented as beautiful objects devoid of context.

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