This week, Detroiter definitely don’t want to sell DIA’s art, US gov’t shutdown may mean Library of Congress’s website goes offline, thinking about portraiture, real estate’s love affair with art, the world’s first inflatable concert hall, and more.
September 29, 2013
Weekend Words: Brink
This week, after years of wrangling, threats and doomsaying, we’ve received an actual date — October 17th — when the U.S. will run out of cash. Two and a half weeks and then, the brink.
Fagen’s Critical Catalogue (September 2013, Part 2)
Reviews of The Dirtbombs, Maybach Music Group, Skillet, and Icona Pop.
What Doesn’t Add Up Adds Up To Allison Miller’s New Paintings
This is the second exhibition of Allison Miller at Susan Inglett Gallery. I was struck by the quiet independence of her first New York show, which I reviewed. The recent show further convinced me that Miller — who refuses to make work that is stylish, seductive, charming, nostalgic, retro, ironic or hip — is up to something.