Art Review
Nicola L.’s Soft Power
The late artist’s playful “functional sculptures” nod to second-wave feminism, but make a broader statement about resistance through collaboration.
Kimberly Bradley
Kimberly Bradley is a writer, editor, and educator on contemporary art and the conditions surrounding it.
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Connecting the Heavens and Earth Through Art
From the Cosmos to the Commons reminds us that humanity has struggled to explain and orient itself under the same skies since time immemorial.
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Bas Jan Ader Made Fate Into an Art
So much of what Ader explored was about surrendering to destiny, but also about heeding internal calls — to adventure, open horizons, and the sublime.
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What Does It Mean to “Collaborate” With Another Species?
The majority of the art in Mutual Aid: Art in Collaboration with Nature is still based on human manipulations of or interventions into natural processes.
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The Embodied Eroticism of Louis Fratino’s Art
In today’s algorithm-driven world what has become of embodied eroticism, of desire, of seeking and celebrating beauty, of intimate vulnerability, or vulnerable intimacy?
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The Unapologetic Femininity of Isabella Ducrot’s Textile Art
Her meticulously assembled, labyrinthine stitches, sketches, and scribbles are like narrative threads weaving their way through a rich life.
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Architectural Reimaginings of Le Corbusier’s Only African Project
Many responses to the Villa Baizeau in two exhibitions take up the notion of memory — and the idea of how life affects the built environment, and vice versa.
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How Can Artists Best Represent Neurodiversity?
Nico Vascellari's "Alessio" confronts us with our own humanity through this piece, which unapologetically shows alternate ways of being human.
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Dreaming of Eternities in the 14th Shanghai Biennale
The biennale dives into ancient cosmologies, current issues, and futurist dreams through a cinematic lens.
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Lee Lozano's Dropout Boogie
In this age of self-promotion and careerism, there’s something stunning, and inspiring, about the integrity of someone who had the courage just to leave.
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Is That How You Pronounce ... ?
It’s embarrassing admitting this, but in looking back over my many mistakes operating in the art world, some of my most egregious errors regard the names of the people populating it — how easy it is to get some of them wrong.
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Thoughts on Stefan Simchowitz from Berlin
BERLIN — He’s back, but he never truly went away. Art collector/dealer/advisor/“flipper” Stefan Simchowitz, by virtue of a long exposé in the New York Times Magazine on Sunday, is again on the lips and fingertips of artists, art pros, and now mainstream culture vultures everywhere.