Art
What Do Artists Need to Make Their Work?
For artists and writers, self-isolation means doing what they have always done — which is work at home.
John Yau
Art
Let Us Now Praise Humble Artists
In this time of self-isolation and social distancing, shouldn’t the art world consider celebrating artists who don’t require expensive materials or run up high production costs?
Art
Ways of Traveling
“MARFA,” a wall piece by Greg Colson, is a street map in the purest sense, and highly impractical.
Art
Why Something as Humble as Drawing Still Matters
What anchors Chuck Webster's work is drawing; he is not afraid to reveal himself through this age-old practice, using whatever means are at his disposal.
Art
The Power of Puns
William T. Wiley's message is urgent, disquieting, and necessary to these addled, disjointed, the rich-get-richer times.
Art
The Genius of Thaddeus Mosley
Mosley did not need the art world’s approval to keep going, but the art world certainly needs him for more reasons than I can count.
Art
What Do We Mean When We Say "Postwar American Art"?
The Filipino-American artist Leo Valledor has never quite received his deserved place in the history of Postwar American art, especially as that story is told in New York.
Art
Painting’s Divided Legacy
There are artists who paint, and those who use paint.
Art
A Major Korean Painter Begins to Get His Due
While postwar Korean artists are celebrated in the West, the strongest painters of the next generation remain under-known.
Art
There Is Nothing United About the United States or the Art World
Peter Williams doesn’t make things easy for the viewer, and why should he?
Art
My Meetings With Donald Judd
Judd hated the cult of the artist.
Art
Shaking Up Op Art
Takuji Hamanaka's works seem to have been made by a mason who lives in a heightened state of consciousness.