Check out Hyperallergic’s live report of day three of the Common Field Convening.
April 25, 2020
Required Reading
This week, the state of LA art galleries, making frames for Titian, legacy of Ojibwe artist Patrick DesJarlait, kids of art historians say the darndest things, and more.
The Percussive Side of Electronica
The four electronic albums reviewed below speak to the importance of rhythm — or maybe just drums.
In Carmen Maria Machado’s Experimental Memoir, a House Is More Nightmare Than Dream
Focusing on relationships between women, Machado also considers how heterosexual relationships shape and limit our understanding of what constitutes partner abuse.
Paul Klee, When the World Went Dark
The Nazis had transformed Klee’s beloved land of Goethe and Mozart into an alien and threatening environment.
How Alexander Calder Made Modern Art Move
In the second volume of a definitive biography, the art critic Jed Perl recalls how the innovative artist revolutionized sculpture.
Art for a Time of Uncertainty
Jude Tallichet’s art is a reminder that, although our world has changed, something weird and wonderful may await us on the other side.
Taking a Walk on the Lower East Side
Anton van Dalen represents a lesser acknowledged artist archetype: the non-heroic, civic-minded observer and chronicler.